Jules, Prince of Soubise

Jules
Prince of Soubise
Born	16 January 1697 Paris, France
Died	24 May 1724 (aged 27) Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, France
Spouse	Anne Julie de Melun
Issue Detail	Charles, Prince of Soubise Armand, cardinal de Soubise Marie Louise, Countess of Marsan
Full name Jules François Louis de Rohan
Father	Hercule Mériadec de Rohan
Mother	Anne Geneviève de Lévis

Jules de Rohan (Jules François Louis; 16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven.

Biography

Born in Paris to Hercule Mériadec de Rohan and his wife Anne Geneviève de Lévis, as a member of the House of Rohan, he was entitled to the style of Highness. His mother was the only child of Madame de Ventadour.

At the age of sixteen, he married Anne Julie de Melun. The couple were wed in Paris on 16 September 1714. His wife was a daughter of Louis de Melun and Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, herself a great grand daughter of Henry IV of France and were the parents of five children.

In May 1724, he and his wife caught smallpox. Jules was first to succumb to the illness and was followed by his wife on 18 May.

Issue

• Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise, Duke of Rohan-Rohan (16 July 1715–4 July 1787) married Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1722–1739) and had issue; married again to Princess Anna Teresa of Savoy (1717–1745) and had issue; married Landgravine Anna Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg (1728–1792) no issue;
• François Armand Auguste de Rohan, cardinal de Soubise, Prince of Tournon (1 December 1717–28 June 1758)
• Marie Louise de Rohan (7 January 1720–4 March 1803) married Gaston Jean Baptiste de Lorraine, Count of Marsan, no issue; brother of Mademoiselle de Marsan.
• François Auguste de Rohan, Count of Tournon (16 September 1721–6 August 1736) never married;
• René de Rohan, Abbot of Luxeuil (26 July 1723–7 February 1743) never married.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Jules, Prince of Soubise

16. Louis VI de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné               8. Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon                       17. Éléonore de Rohan               4. François de Rohan, Prince of Soubise                             18. Claude de Bretagne, Count of Vertus               9. Marie de Bretagne d'Avaugour                       19. Catherine Fouquet de La Varenne               2. Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Duke of Rohan-Rohan                                   20. Charles Chabot, Lord of Sainte-Aulaye               10. Henri Chabot, Duke of Rohan                       21. Henriette de Lur               5. Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princess of Soubise                             22. Henri de Rohan, Duke of Rohan               11. Marguerite de Rohan                       23. Marguerite de Béthune, Mademoiselle de Sully               1. Jules de Rohan, Prince of Soubise                                         24. Anne de Lévis, Duke of Ventadour               12. Charles de Lévis, Duke of Ventadour                       25. Marguerite de Montmorency               6. Louis Charles de Lévis, Duke of Ventadour                             26. Jean François de La Guiche, Count of La Palice               13. Marie de La Guiche                       27. Susanne Aux Epaules, Lady of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont               3. Anne Geneviève de Lévis                                   28. Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, Lord of La Mothe-Houdancourt               14. Philippe de La Mothe Houdancourt, Duke of Cardona                       29. Louise Charles du Plessis-Picquet               7. Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt                             30. Louis de Prie, Marquis of Toucy               15. Louise de Prie                       31. Françoise de Saint-Gelais

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724 His Highness the Prince of Soubise

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