La Rochefoucauld may refer to:
Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency-Laval was a French statesman during the French Revolution and Bourbon Restoration. He was elected as the youngest member of the National Assembly in 1789. He is also known for his military expertise and his relation with Mme de Staël. When France became a republic, Montmorency turned into an ultra-royalist. Napoleon regarded him as a member of the Catholic opposition. During the Restoration, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs.
La Rochefoucauld is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois.
François XIII de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld was a French aristocrat and writer.
The title of Duke de La Rochefoucauld is a French peerage, from the great House La Rochefoucauld, cadets of an ancient House of Lusignan, whose origins go back to Lord Rochefoucauld in Charente in the 10th century with Foucauld 1st (973–1047), first Lord of La Roche then La Rochefoucauld, possibly son of Adémar, Lord of La Roche (952–1037). They got the title of Baron in the 13th century, then became Count in 1528 with François I de La Rochefoucauld, godfather of King François I and in 1622, François V de La Rochefoucauld, whose son François VI was a leading figure of La Fronde and the author of the Maxims, was made Duke by Louis XIII. They are also, since 16th century, Prince of Marcillac. Then they become during the 18th century: Duke of Liancourt, Duke of Anville and Duke of Estissac. Afterwards : Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Duke of Doudeauville, Duke of Estrées and Duke of Bisaccia. They are also: Marquises of Montendre, of Barbezieux, of Surgères and Bayers; also Count de Duretal, Count de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel and Baron de Verteuil. They were : Blessed of the Catholic Church, cardinals, bishops, grand maîtres de la garde robe and Leader of the Kings hunts, chambellans, ministers, lieutenants general of the armies, UK field marshal, Denmark marshal, ambassadors, grand hospitaller of the Order of Malta, presidents and founders of multiple clubs. Many of them were elevated in the Order of the Légion d’Honneur and around 40 of them were/are members of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The castle of La Rochefoucauld has been in the family since the 10th century. The La Rochefoucauld-Montbel owned the Lascaux caves at the moment of their discovery and are closely linked to the Pellevoisin sanctuary in France.
The Minister for the Maison du Roi was a cabinet role under the French monarchy, conferring leadership of the Maison du Roi.
Germain Louis Chauvelin, marquis de Grosbois, was a French politician, serving as garde des sceaux and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Louis XV.
Duke of Estrées was a title of nobility in the peerage of France that was created for François Annibal d'Estrées in 1663 by Louis XIV of France. This title became extinct in 1771. In 1892, Alfonso XIII of Spain revived the title by granting it to Charles de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville, whose great grand mother was Bénigne Le Tellier de Louvois, sister to the last duke.
Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Barbezieux, seigneur de Chaville et de Viroflay was a French statesman.
The Chamber of Peers was the upper house of the French parliament from 1814 to 1848.
Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld was a French nobleman and politician. He was a member of the House of La Rochefoucauld and a major lord under the Ancien Régime. He also played a political role in 1789 early on in the French Revolution before being executed in the September Massacres. He was a duke, initially with the title 'duc d'Enville' or 'duc d'Anville' and later with that of 6th duc de La Rochefoucauld. He was a cousin to François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt and Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville.
Louise Charlotte Françoise de Montesquiou, née de Le Tellier de Louvois-Courtanvaux de Montmirail de Creuzy (1765–1835) was a French courtier. She was the royal governess of Napoleon II from 1811 until 1814.
François de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld was a French nobleman who succeeded his father as Duke of La Rochefoucauld and Grand Huntsman of France in January 1714 having already succeeded him as Grand Huntsman of France.
Louis François Sosthènes I de La Rochefoucauld, Viscount of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of Doudeauville GE, was a 19th-century French ultra-royalist politician. From 1814 to 1836, he was aide-de-camp to Charles, Count of Artois and from 1824 to 1830, the King's Director of Fine Arts. He served in the Chamber of Deputies in 1815 and from 1827 to 1830 during the Bourbon Restoration, until his retirement from public life after the July Revolution in 1830. From 1861 to 1864 he published his memoirs with his correspondence in fifteen volumes.
Charles Gabriel Marie Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of Doudeauville, 1st Duke of Bisaccia, Grandee of Spain, was a French politician during the Third Republic who served as Deputy for Sarthe from 1871 to 1898 and French Ambassador to London from 1873 to 1874.
Count Édouard François Marie de La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Duke of Bisaccia, was a French aristocrat and landowner.
The Château d'Esclimont is a historic château that is located in the commune of Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien, in the French department of Eure-et-Loir in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The château was built in the 16th century for Étienne Poncher, the Archbishop of Tours, and was extensively remodeled in the 19th century by Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld. The castle was sold by the La Rochefoucauld family in 1981 and was converted into a luxury hotel.
Alexandre Louis Auguste de Rohan-Chabot, Count of Chabot, then Prince of Leon, 7th Duke of Rohan, Count of Porhoët, was Colonel of the Régiment Royal of the County of Artois, Lieutenant-General of the King's Armies, First Gentleman of the Chamber of King Louis XVIII and hereditary Peer of France.
