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.
The House of Montmorency was one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in France.
André Duchesne was a French geographer and historian, generally styled the father of French history.
The Secretary of State for War, later Secretary of State, Minister for War, was one of the four or five specialized secretaries of state in France during the Ancien Régime. The position was responsible for the Army, for the Marshalcy and for overseeing French border provinces. In 1791, during the French Revolution, the Secretary of State for War became titled Minister of War.
Thomas-François de Treil de Pardailhan was the eldest of an ennobled Languedocien family, originating in the Saint-Pons-de-Thomières region. At first an officer in the Maison Militaire du Roi, baron Thomas de Treil de Pardailhan was Maître d'hôtel du Roi at the Court of Versailles at the end of the Ancien Régime. His writings, however, show him as an opponent of the privileges of aristocracy and in favor of the new ideas. The French Revolution marks a rupture with his milieu: in support of deep social reform, he was elected député for Paris in 1791 to the Legislative Assembly, but always remained attached to the idea of a constitutional monarchy and was imprisoned as a suspect during the Reign of Terror. Ruined by bad business dealings under the Directory and by sources of income he had lost in the Revolution, he ended his life at his château at Pardailhan in 1822.
Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency, 1st Duke of San Fernando Luis, 3rd Duke of Laval-Montmorency, GE, was a peer of France and of Spain.
Armand Jean d'Allonville was a French nobleman from an old family in Beauce. He was nicknamed le balafré and served as maréchal des Camps et des armées du Roi, commander of the exiled Les Gentilshommes de la province de Champagne, then those of Brittany and the régiment d'Allonville.
Guy-André-Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, 1st Duke of Laval, 1st Baron of Marche, Marquis of Lezay, was a French general and Marshal of France.
Bouchard de Bray, also Bouchard I of Montmorency was a French knight from the Tenth Century. He was the ancestor of the noble House of Montmorency and the noble House of Montlhery.
The Chambres des Comptes de Navarre, alias Cour des Comptes de Navarre(English: Court of Auditors of Navarre), was formed in April 1624 during the reign of Louis XIII through the act of merging the Chambre des Comptes of Pau with the Chambre des Comptes of Nérac into one entity. In 1691, it was merged into the Parliament of Navarre and Béarn in Pau. The First President and the two Presidents, became Président à mortiers in the Parliament.
Nicholas Joseph Balthazar de Langlade, vicomte du Chayla, baron de Montauroux et Chambon, seigneur de Champs, was a French general. He was a lieutenant general of the king's armies and director general of the cavalry. In 1708 he was made a knight of the royal and military Order of Saint Louis. On 2 February 1746 he was made a knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit. He commanded the French force at the Battle of Melle.
Charles I de Montmorency was a 14th-century French noble.
Jean-François-Madeleine de Gentil was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria.
Charles II François Frédéric de Montmorency, was a French aristocrat who held a number of titles, including 8th Duke of Piney-Luxembourg, 2nd Duke of Montmorency, Prince of Aigremont and of Tingry, Count of Bouteville, of Lassé, of Dangu and of Luxe.
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.
Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert, 6th Duke of Luynes was a French politician, nobleman and member of the House of Albert. He was the sixth Duke of Luynes as well as Duke of Chevreuse.
Anne-Alexandre-Marie-Sulpice-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, 2nd Duke of Laval was a French politician and soldier.
Eugène-Alexandre de Montmorency-Laval, 4th Duke of Laval, was a 19th-century French soldier.
Guy-André de Montmorency-Laval, Marquis of Lezay and Magnac, Baron of La Marche, was a French aristocrat.
Bouchard III, was an 11th-century French noble, lord of Montmorency, Écouen, Marly, Feullarde, and Château-Basset, and a member of the House of Montmorency.
