Louis Victor de Rochechouart, II. duc de Mortemart

Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart

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Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Duke of Mortemart (25 August 1636 – 15 December 1688) was a French nobleman and member of the ancient House of Rochechouart. His father Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart was a childhood friend of Louis XIII. His older sister was Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, the celebrated bueaty of the era; another sister was Madame de Montespan herself the mistress of Louis XIV. He was Général des galères and Marshal of France, Maréchal de Vivonne.

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1 Biography

1.1 General of the Galleys

1.2 Viceroy of Sicily

1.3 First Gentleman of the King's Chamber

2 Issue

3 References and notes

4 Titles, styles, honours and arms

4.1 Titles and styles

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Issue

Louis Victor married Antoinette Louise de Mesmes (1640–10 March, 1709) at the Château de Beyne in September, 1655. The couple had six children, three of which would have progeny.

-1. Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1658 – 24 October, 1733) never married; Abbess of Beaumont-lès-Tours like her second cousin Henriette Louise de Bourbon;

-2. Charlotte de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1660 – 18 April, 1729) married Henri, Duke of Elbeuf and had issue;

-3. Louis de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1663 – 3 April, 1688) married Marie Anne Colbert, daughter of Jean Baptiste Colbert on 14 February, 1679 and had issue; known as the prince de Tonnay-Charente; his descendants include the present Duke of Noailles and the present Marquess of Lansdowne through Émilie Jane de Flahault de Billarderie;

-4. Marie Élisabeth de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1663 – 5 May, 1718) married Joseph François de La Croix, Marquis of Castries on 19 May, 1693 and had issue; she was a lady in waiting to her first cousin the Duchess of Orléans;

-5. Louise Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1664 – 16 February, 1742) never married; Abbess in Fontevrault; shared her name with her cousin the Duchess of Bourbon and Mademoiselle du Maine;

-6. Gabrielle Victoire de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1670 – 23 April, 1740) married Alphonse de Créquy on 12 September, 1702 and had no issue;

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