Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt
Philippe, comte de La Mothe-Houdancourt, duc de Cardone (* 1605 ; † March 24, 1657 in Paris ) was a French military leader and since 1642 Marshal of France and Pair de France . He was Viceroy of Catalonia and Commander in Chief of the French armies in Spain. His daughter was Charlotte de La Mothe-Houdancourt .
He was one of 12 children of Philippe, seigneur de La Mothe-Houdancourt, de Sacy et de Rucoin (1558-1652), and his third wife, Louise Charles du Plessis-Picquet, daughter of Antoine, seigneur du Plessis-Picquet, the he married on February 14, 1594. He was related to Cardinal Richelieu and the half-brother of the Marquis d'Houdancourt, as well as the brother of the Bishop of Mende, Saint-Flour and Rennes.
Marriage and offspring
On November 12, 1650 he married in Saint-Brice en Auxerrois, Louise de Prie (1624–1709), marquise de Toucy and "governess des enfants de France". They had three children:
- Françoise-Angélique (1650–1711), Duchesse d'Aumont through marriage to Louis-Victor d'Aumont.
- Marie-Isabelle-Angélique (or Marie Gabrielle Angélique) (1651–1726), Duchesse de la Ferté-Senneterre by marrying Henri-François de Saint-Nectaire.
- Charlotte-Éléonore-Madeleine (1654–1744), Duchesse de Ventadour by marriage to Louis-Charles de Lévis, duc de Ventadour, governess of Louis XV. and his children
literature
- Daniel Aznar, Gloria y desgracia de un virrey francés de Cataluña, el mariscal de La Mothe-Houdancourt. 1640-1644 , Pedralbes, Revista d'Història Moderna, 2006, nº 26, p. 189-261. http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Pedralbes/article/viewFile/122929/170206 ..
- Sylvain Chevauché, Confiscations en Catalogne française (1642-1644): la faveur royale loin du roi , Perpignan, September 2013. https://www.academia.edu/4629679/Confiscations_en_Catalogne_francaise_1642-1644_La_faveur_duale_lo
- Louis Moreri, Jean Le Clerc, Le grand dictionnaire historique sur le mélange curieux de l'Histoire sacrée et profane , Volume 3, Paris, 1693, p. 572-573
- Nouvelle biography universelle générale, publié sous la direction de M. le Dr. Hoefer, de Nouvelle biography, 1859, p. 248
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Mothe-Houdancourt, Philippe de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cardone, Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt duc de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Viceroy of Catalonia, commander in chief of the French armies in Spain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1605 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1657 |
| Place of death | Paris |