Hercule de Rohan

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Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon. Engraving by Pierre Daret (1610–1675)

Hercule de Rohan (born August 27, 1568 - † October 16, 1654 ) was Duke of Montbazon , Peer of France , Prince of Guéméné and Count of Rochefort from 1594 . He was the son of Louis VI. de Rohan and Léonore de Rohan, Countess of Rochefort, a member of the House of Rohan .

Life

Hercule de Rohan was a faithful servant of both King Henry III. , as well as his successor Heinrich IV. The latter accepted him in 1597 into the Order of the Holy Spirit . In 1598 he was made Lieutenant-General in Brittany and Governor of Nantes . When Henry IV was murdered by François Ravaillac in 1610 , he was sitting with the king in his carriage and was wounded in the assassination attempt. 1602 to 1643 was the great hunter master of France . Eventually he became the Military Governor of Paris Governor and Lieutenant-General of Paris and the Île-de-France.

In 1594 he married Madeleine de Lenoncourt († 1602), daughter of Henri II. De Lenoncourt, Baron de Vignory , Seigneur de Coupevray , and Françoise de Laval, a sister of both Marshal Urbain de Laval Boisdauphin and his father's second wife. Your children were:

In 1628 he married Marie d'Avaugour , daughter of Claude d'Avaugour, Count of Vertus , who became famous under her married name "Duchesse de Montbazon". Your children were:

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SURNAME Rohan, Hercule de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Montbazon, Peer of France, Prince of Guéméné and Count of Rochefort
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1568
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1654