Henri Antoine de Clermont

Henri Antoine de Clermont (* 1540 ; † 1573 at La Rochelle ) was Viscount de Tallard, Duc de Clermont (1571), then Duc de Tonnerre (1572).

Life

Henri de Clermont was a member of the Clermont-Tonnerre family . He was the son of Antoine III. de Clermont (1498–1578) and Françoise de Poitiers, the older sister of Diane de Poitiers .

He was Gentilhomme de la chambre du Roi and Chambellan du Roi . In the Third Huguenot War , he took part in the successful defense of Poitiers in 1569 . As Lieutenant-général de province of King Charles IX. for the Bourbonnais and Auvergne he appointed him on May 1, 1571 Duke of Clermont and Pair de France . Since his father Antoine did not want to part with the county of Clermont, the duchy was renamed Duché de Tonnerre the following year . Henri de Clermont died in the siege of the Huguenot fortress of La Rochelle in 1573 before the Parlement had the title registered .

On May 17, 1570 he had married his niece Diane de La Marck , the widow of Jacques de Clèves , Duke of Nevers , and daughter of Robert IV. De La Marck , Duke of Bouillon and Françoise de Brézé, who in turn was a daughter of Diane de Poitiers was. The couple's son was Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre (1571-1640), Comte de Clermont et de Tonnerre.

personal data
SURNAME	Clermont, Henri Antoine de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Clermont, Duke of Tonnerre
DATE OF BIRTH	1540
DATE OF DEATH	1573
Place of death	La Rochelle