Ambroise-François de Bournonville

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Ambroise-François de Bournonville (* around 1620, † December 12, 1693 ) was a French nobleman and military man; he was the 3rd Duke of Bournonville , Pair de France and Governor of Paris

Life

Ambroise-François de Bournonville was the third son of Alexandre I de Bournonville , Duke of Bournonville, and Anne de Melun. He was Seigneur de Fampoux et de Rœux in Artois , Seigneur de La Motte-Tilly etc.

In contrast to his older brother Alexandre II. De Bournonville , who was in imperial and Spanish service, Ambroise-François de Bournonville entered the service of the King of France. As a cavalry captain he fought in Piedmont , on May 26, 1642 in the battle of Honnecourt . He was promoted to maréchal de bataille , colonel of the infantry and maréchal de camp .

King Louis XIV made the Duchy of Bournonville a peerage in his favor in September 1652, but this was never formally registered. At the king's coronation on June 7, 1654, he represented the Count of Champagne . In 1657 he was appointed governor of Paris, in 1660 he was given the office of Chevalier d'honneur of Queen Maria Teresa of Spain (1638–1683) . The death of Cardinal Mazarin and the fall of Fouquet (1661) forced him to resign from his offices and to leave the court in 1662.

Ambroise-François de Bournonville entered the clergy and was ordained a priest after the death of his wife (January 22, 1678). He died on December 12, 1693 at his castle La Motte-Tilly and was buried in the Prieuré des Filles de Saint-Benôit in nearby Nogent-sur-Seine .

Marriage and offspring

Ambroise-François de Bournonville married Lucrèce-Françoise de La Vieuville, daughter and heiress of Charles I. de La Vieuville , 1st Duke of La Vieuville, and Marie Bouhier de Beaumarchais on April 29, 1655 . Their only child is Marie Françoise de Bournonville (* August 1656, † July 16, 1748 in Paris), Dame du Palais of Queen Maria Teresa, who on August 13, 1671 Anne-Jules de Noailles (1650–1708), Comte d ' Ayen and in 1678 2nd Duc de Noailles, Pair de France, Marshal of France , Governor of Roussillon , Viceroy of Catalonia etc., married.

literature

  • Père Anselme : Histoire généalogique , 3rd edition, Volume 5, 1730, p. 838

Web links

  • Ètienne Pattou: Famille et Seigneurs de Bournonville , p. 10 ( online , accessed April 13, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Bournonville, Ambroise-François de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duc de Bournonville
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman and military man, governor of Paris
DATE OF BIRTH around 1620
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1693
Place of death La Motte-Tilly