Louis, Duke of Rohan

Louis
Duke of Rohan
Born (1652-11-03)3 November 1652
Hôtel de la rue du Temple, Paris, France
Died 17 August 1727(1727-08-17) (aged 74)[1]
Paris, France
Burial Château de Blain, France
Spouse Marie Élisabeth de Bec-Crespin de Grimaldi
Issue
Detail		 Louis Bretagne, Duke of Rohan
Marie Marguerite, Countess of Schleiden
Anne Henriette Charlotte, Princess of Berghes
Guy Auguste, Count of Maillé-Seizploue
Full name
Louis de Rohan-Chabot
Father Henri Chabot
Mother Marguerite de Rohan

Louis de Rohan-Chabot (3 November 1652 – 17 August 1727) was a member of the House of Rohan-Chabot and Duke of Rohan. He married an heiress and acted as Louis XIV's representative in Brittany. He was styled as the Prince of Léon prior to becoming Duke of Rohan. His direct descendant is today's Josselin de Rohan (born 5 June 1938) a member of the Senate of France, representing the Morbihan department.

Biography

Born at the Hôtel de la rue du Temple in Paris to Henri Chabot and his wife Marguerite de Rohan, she was the fifth of six children. Louis was their only surviving son[2] His parents marriage had caused a scandal; his mother Marguerite was a Foreign Princess as a member of the House of Rohan[3] had caused Louis XIV to issue a decree that she was able to marry Henri and still hold her high rank at court.

His family were allowed to bear the name of Rohan-Chabot, the Rohans being his maternal family.[4]

He was close to his older sister Anne, future Princess of Soubise and mistress of Louis XIV. His youngest sister, Jeanne Pelagie, married the Prince of Epinoy, the paternal grandfather of Louis de Melun and Anne Julie de Melun, a future Princess of Soubise.[5]

His godparents were the infant Louis XIV and his mother Anne of Austria, Queen Regent.[1] He was very rich, with an annual income of 50,000 ecus, but he was a miser and greedy.[1] His greed caused him to fall out with his sister Anne which led to bad relations with the king himself.

His nephews included Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan and the Cardinal de Soubise.

He campaigned in Flanders in 1667, and in the same year he became head of the nobility in Brittany and was the king's representative there. He was also involved in sieges at Tournai, Douai and Lille.

He married Marie Élisabeth de Bec-Crespin de Grimaldi, marquise de Vardes, a grand daughter of Jacqueline de Bueil, mistress of King Henri IV. Louis and Marie Élisabeth were married on 18 July 1678 at the Château de Saint-Cloud, residence of Philippe de France, Monsieur (brother of Louis XIV) and his wife Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Madame.

His wife bought a considerable dowry and was the sole heiress of her father François René du Bec-Crespin, marquis de Vardes, comte de Moret, and Catherine Nicolaï, marquise de Goussainville. Louis and Jacqueline had eleven children of whom two sons and a daughter would have progeny.

Around 1700 Louis was at Court. The Guéméné branch of the House of Rohan wanted him to abandon the name and coat-or-arms of his mother's family. However, King Louis XIV confirmed his rights to the name, title and coat-or-arms, to which his father had been entitled since 19 September 1646, part of the marriage contract of his parents.

Louis died in Paris on 17 August 1727, aged 74; Marie Élisabeth survived him until 27 March 1743, when she too died in Paris, aged 81. He was buried at the Château de Blain.

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References and notes

  1. 1 2 3 van de Pas, Leo. "Louis de Rohan-Chabot, duc de Rohan, prince de Léon". Genealogics.org. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  2. ↑ Their first child was a male and died some time after birth
  3. ↑ This prestigious rank had been given to the House of Rohan early in the 17th century as they descended from the old Rulers of Brittany and their hereditary control of the Archbishopric of Strasbourg, which made them princes of the Holy Roman Empire
  4. ↑ Spangler, Jonathan. The Society of Princes: The Lorraine-Guise and the Conservation of Power and Wealth in Seventeenth-Century France. Googlebooks.org. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  5. ↑ Velde, François. "French principalities". Hereldica.org. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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