Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes

Louise-Léontine de Bourbon
(m. 1710; died 1721)

Marie Brulart
(m. 1732; died 1758)
IssueMarie Charles Louis d'Albert de LuynesFatherCharles Louis d'Albert, 5th Duke of LuynesMotherHenriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli

Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes (30 July 1695 – 2 November 1758) held the title Duke of Luynes from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important memoir of life at the court of Louis XV.

Early life

Charles-Philippe was a grandson of Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynes the Duke of Chevreuse. He was a great-great-grandson of the first Duke of Luynes, Charles d'Albert, and his wife Marie de Rohan, one of the leading members of the Fronde. His grandmother Jeanne-Marie Colbert was a daughter of the famous Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of finance.[1]

His great-aunt was Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. A second cousin was Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy who lived in France and was the wife of Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignan.[1]

Career

Dedication to the Duke of Luynes after the Siege of Maastricht (1748)

Luynes was a Peer of France and cavalry officer. He was part of the intimate group that she called her "gentlefolk" (honnêtes gens). He wrote a journal of historic events and facts about the court, a work which has no pretension of literary merit, but is valuable as a document for the study of the aristocratic society of his time.[2]

Personal life

He was twice married. His first marriage took place on 24 February 1710 to Louise-Léontine de Bourbon (1696–1721), Princess of Neuchatel, a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons, and Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (heiress of Jeanne-Françoise de Coeme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable). Before her death in 1721, they were the parents of:[1]

In 1732, Charles-Philippe married Marie Brulart; she was the widow of the marquis de Charost, and became lady-in-waiting to the Queen Maria Leszczyńska, the consort of King Louis XV of France.[1]

He died at the Château de Dampierre and was buried at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.[1]

Descendants

Through his son Marie Charles, he was a grandfather of Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Luynes (1748–1807), who had an active military and political career like his father.[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes
16. Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes
8. Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes
17. Marie de Rohan
4. Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes
18. Pierre III Seguier
9. Louise Marie Seguier, Marquise of O
19. Marguerite de La Guesle
2. Honoré Charles d'Albert de Luynes
20. Nicolas Colbert, Seigneur of Vendières
10. Jean Baptiste Colbert
21. Marie Pussort
5. Jeanne Marie Colbert
22. Jacques Charron, Seigneur of Nozieux & Menars
11. Marie Charron
23. Marie Begon
1. Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes
24. Jacques de Courcillon, Seigneur of Dangeau
12. Louis de Courcillon, Seigneur of Dangeau
25. Suzanne Baudrais
6. Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis of Angeau
13. Charlotte des Noues
3. Marie Anne Jeanne de Courcillon
7. Anne Françoise Morin

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Louis Dussieux; Eudoxe Soulié, eds. (1860–1865). Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV (1735–1758). Paris: Firmin-Didot frères.
  2. ^ Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1286.
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