The Marshal-Duke of Aumont | |
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1st Duke of Aumont [1] | |
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Full name | Antoine d'Aumont |
Born | 1601 Paris, France |
Died | 1 January 1669 (aged 68) Paris, France |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Scarron (March 1629) |
Issue | Louis Marie Victor, 2nd Duke of Aumont Charles, Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre d'Uzerches Anne Élisabeth, Countess of Broglio Catherine Matie, Abbess of the Abbey of Saint-Julien du Pré |
Father | Jacques d'Aumont, Seigneur of Estrabonne |
Mother | Charlotte de Villequier |
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Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont [2] (1601 - 1 January 1669) was a French nobleman who was created the 1st Duke of Aumont in 1665 by King Louis XIV [3] who had already created him a Marshal of France in 1651. His dukedom went extinct in 1888 after the death of the 10th Duke of Aumont Louis Marie Joseph d'Aumont [4] The Duke commissioned the construction and exstention of what became the Hôtel d'Aumont which was painted by Charles Le Brun [5] and gardens designed by André Le Nôtre [6] and in 1938, was purchased by the City of Paris, and restored and classified as a monument historique . Since 1959 the tribunal administratif of Paris has been housed in it. A radical restoration of the decayed framework was completed in 1964. [7]
He was the second son of de Jacques d'Aumont and his wife the heiress Charlotte de Villequier. Antoine was a grandson of the celebrated Marshal of France Jean d'Aumont, Count of Châteauroux and baron of Estrabonne. Raised at the court of Henry IV of France, Antoine was an enfant d'honneur of the future King Louis XIII.
In March 1629, he married Catherine Scaron, niece of Paul Scarron.