Duchy of Mortemart

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Coat of arms of the Dukes of Mortemart with the coat of arms of the House of Rochechouart as a heart shield

The family of the Dukes of Mortemart is a younger line of the Rochechouart family . The lords of Mortemart received the title of duke and the elevation to peer of France in 1663.

The Lords of Mortemart

  • Guillaume († 1272), son of Aimery VIII. Vice Count of Rochechouart , and Marguerite de Limoges. Children: Guillaume, Foucault, Gui.
  • Guillaume, his son, without descendants († 1292).
  • Foucault, his brother († 1338). Children: Aimery, Foucault, Simon, Aimar, Catherine, Laure.
  • Aimery, his son with Almodie de Montrocher. Participant in the Battle of Crécy , then in English captivity, participant in the Battle of Maupertuis , where he was badly wounded, X 1369 in the Battle of Surgères . Children: Foucault, Aimery, Marguerite.
  • Aimery, his son with Ayde de Pierre-Buffière . Adviser to King Charles V , participant in the conquest of Guyennes († 1397). Children: Guillaume, Marguerite, Guichard, Jean, Gui, Louis, Catherine.
  • Guillaume, his son with Jeanne d'Archiac, (1350–1431), fought in the Holy Land
  • Jean, son of Aimery de Rochechouart and Jeanne d'Angle. Participant in the Battle of Azincourt (1415), fell into English captivity. Chamberlain to King Charles VII , Governor of La Rochelle († 1444). Children: Pierre, Aimery, Louise, Jeanne, Jean, Louis, Radegonde, Marie.
  • Jean, his son with Jeanne de Torsay († 1477). Children: Jean, Aimery, Charles, Pierre, Louis, Jean, Anne, Madeleine, Jeanne.
  • Aimery, his son with Marguerite d'Amboise. Chamberlain to King Charles VIII , took part in the conquest of Franche-Comté († 1516). Children: Georges, François, Louis, Claue, Adrien, Aubin, Aimery, Anne.
  • François, his son with Jeanne de Pontville, (1502–1552). Children: René, Gabrielle, Madeleine.
  • René, his son with Renée Taveau, (1528–1587). Children: Gaspard, René, François, Aimé, Jean, Isabelle, Aimerie, Gabrielle, Eléonore, Yolande.
  • Gaspard, his son with Jeanne de Saulx-Tavannes, (1575–1643). Children: Gabriel, Louis, Esther, Benjamin.

The Dukes of Mortemart

Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1636–1688) Marshal of France
  • Gabriel (1600–1675), his son with Louise de Maure. 1663 Duke of Mortemart, military governor of Paris and the Île de France. Children: Louis-Victor; Gabrielle, Marquise de Thianges; Marie-Christine; Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan ; Marie-Madeleine , Abbess of Fontevrault .
  • Louis-Victor (1636–1688), his son with Diane de Grandseigne. Marshal of France , Peer of France . Children: Louis; Gabrielle, Abbess of Beaumont-les-Tours; Charlotte, Duchesse d'Elbœuf; Marie-Élisabeth, Marquise de Castries; Louise-Françoise, Abbess of Fontevrault; Gabrielle-Victoire, Duchesse de Lesdiguières.
  • Louis (1663–1688), his son with Antoinette de Mesmes. General and Pair de France, married Marie-Anne Colbert, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Colbert . Children: Louis, Jean-Baptiste, Marie-Anne, Louise-Gabrielle, Marie-Françoise.
  • Louis (1681–1746), his son with Marie-Anne Colbert. General and Pair de France. Children: Marie-Louise, Paul-Louis († 1731), Charles-Auguste († 1743), Henriette-Athénaïs.
  • Jean-Baptiste (1682–1747), son of Louis de Rochechouart de Mortemart and Marie-Anne Colbert. Pair de France. Children: Louis († 1725), Marie-Anne, Jean-Baptiste, Charles-Auguste.
  • Jean-Baptiste (1712–1771), his son with Marie-Madeleine Colbert. General and Pair de France. Children: Victor-Gabriel, Louis-Gabriel, Charles-Maximilien, Augustin-François, Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste, Victurnien-Bonaventure, Victurnien-Léonard, Victurnien-henri, Victurnienne-Delphine.
Casimir de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1787–1875), General and Peer de France
  • Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste (1752-1812), his son with Charlotte-Nathalie de Manneville. Pair de France. Children: Anne, Nathalie, Catherine, Aimé, Casimir, Emma, ​​Antonia, Alicia.
  • Casimir (1787–1875), his son with Adélaïde de Cossé-Brissac . General and Pair de France. Children: Alice, Arthur († 1840), Henriette, Cécile, Berthe.
  • Anne Victurnien René Roger (1804–1893), great-nephew Victurnien-Jean-Baptistes, 1875 10th Duke of Mortemart
  • François Marie Victurnien (1832-1893), his nephew, 11th Duke in 1893
  • Arthur Casmir Victurnien (1856–1926), his son, 12th Duke in 1893
  • Charles Marie Louis Arthur Victurnien (1908–1961), his grandson, 13th Duke in 1926
  • François Marie Charles Arthur Georges Victurnien (* 1930), his son, 14th Duke in 1961