Ludwig Joseph d'Albert de Luynes of Grimbergen

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Ludwig Joseph d'Albert de Luynes von Grimbergen (born April 1, 1672 in Paris ; † November 8, 1758 ibid) was a Bavarian diplomat .

Life

Louis Joseph d' Albert de Luynes was the son of Anna de Rohan-Montbazon (1606-1684) and Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes (1646-1712), peer of France , and a brother of Charles Honoré d'Albert . On March 17, 1713, he married Madelaine Marie Henriette Charlotte, Princessé de Berghes - Grimmbergen († November 3, 1744), the eldest daughter of Alphonsi Dominici von Berghes and Grimmbergen. He was a captain in the French armed forces . Ludwig Joseph d'Albert de Luynes was injured in the Battle of Fleurus (1690) . In 1692 he served in the dragoon regiment of Louis de Bourbon, dauphin de Viennois .

At the Battle of Steenkirche in 1695, he crossed enemy lines by swimming through the Meuse to Namur , where he was injured. In 1700 Ludwig Joseph d'Albert de Luynes picked up his sister Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes , a mistress of Viktor Amadeus II. , At the border and brought her to Abbaye-aux-Bois . At the beginning of the Spanish War of Succession he entered the service of Maximilian II Emanuel . He was given command of an infantry regiment .

In 1705 Ludwig Joseph d'Albert de Luynes became the real chamberlain of Maximilian II Emanuel. He stayed in his service when he had to flee Bavaria and represented Ludwig XIV's interests in the Palace of Versailles . When Maximilian II. Emanuel ruled Bavaria again through the Peace of Baden in 1714, Ludwig Joseph d'Albert-Luynes was promoted to general constable.

In 1713 Maximilian II Emanuel sent him on a diplomatic mission to Philip V at the Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial . On his return from Spain he was promoted to chief equerry and field marshal lieutenant. He lost his post as head stable master with the death of Maximilian II. Emanuel in 1726. Karl Albrecht , Elector of Bavaria kept him in his service and employed him as a secret councilor and as the commander of his bodyguard. In 1730 Ludwig Joseph d'Albert de Luynes inherited his allodial property from his father-in-law and became Prince of Grimbergen. In 1732 he became the Bavarian envoy to Ludwig XV. in the Palace of Versailles, in 1739 he was appointed General Field Equipment Master. When Karl Albrecht was elected Roman-German Emperor Charles VII in 1742 , von Grimbergen advertised in newspapers:

“ I believe I will give you a pleasure when I tell you that Dero Freund, the Duke of Bavaria, has been elected King of Rome. I congratulate you because I know that you love him as tenderly as he loves you "

- Carl Albert

Emperor Karl VII accepted von Grimbergen in October 1742 as a prince of the Holy Roman Empire , for which he was congratulated on November 11, 1742 in the Palace of Versailles. On November 4, 1743, one day after the death of his wife, he was appointed Field Marshal General. The Elector of Bavaria enfeoffed him with the rule of Wertingen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorable and Useful Rhenish Antiquarius , p. 219
  2. ↑ Eduard Maria Oettinger, Hugo Schramm-Macdonald, Moniteur des dates: contenant un million de renseignements biographiques , p. 155
  3. ^ Charles Philippe d'Albert duc de Luynes, Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV (1735-1758) , p. 12
  4. ^ Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Schreiber, Max Joseph III. the good, Elector of Bavaria , p. 9
predecessor Office successor
Envoy from Max II Emanuel of Bavaria to Ludwig XIV.
1705 to 1713
Envoy from Max II Emanuel of Bavaria to Philip V in
1713
Envoy from Karl Albrecht of Bavaria to Ludwig XV.
1732 to 1737 		Ignaz von Törring
personal data
SURNAME Albert de Luynes of Grimbergen, Ludwig Joseph d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES from Grimberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1672
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1758
Place of death Paris