| Duke of Lauzun | |
|---|---|
 Coat od arms of Antonin-Nompar de Caumont, Duke of Lauzun | |
| Creation date | 1692 |
| First holder | Antoine Nompar de Caumont |
| Last holder | Armand Louis de Gontaut |
| Extinction date | 1793 |
The Duke of Lauzun was a French noble tilte, in particular, a French peerage created in 1692 for Antoine Nompar de Caumont under influence of Queen Mary of Modena. [1] All Dukes of Lauzun were Marshals of France or renowned generals.
Antonin Nompar de Caumont, 1st Duke of Lauzun was a French courtier and soldier. He was the only love interest of the "greatest heiress in Europe", Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, cousin of Louis XIV.
Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron, was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1773, he was Grand second warden of Grand Orient de France.
Jacques Nompar de Caumont, 1st Duke of La Force was a Marshal of France and Peer of France. He was the son of a Huguenot, Francois de Caumont, lord of Castelnau, and Philippe de Beaupoil. He survived the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, but his father and older brother Armand were killed.
Antoine de Gramont, 4th Duke of Gramont, Duke of Guiche, was a Marshal of France.
A Colonel General was an officer of the French army during the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Bourbon Restoration.
The title of Duke of La Force, Peer of France, in the peerage of France, was created in 1637 for members of the Caumont family, who were lords of the village of La Force in the Dordogne region.
Armand Nompar de Caumont, 2nd Duke of La Force was a Marshal of France and peer of France. He was the son of another Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron. Like his father, Armand-Nompar was a Huguenot Protestant.
Henri Nompar de Caumont, 3rd Duke of La Force was Duc de La Force and peer of France. He was the son of Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron. First marquis de Castelnau, later Duc de La Force after the death of his brother, he served King Louis XIII on many occasions in the army, under his father, as Maréchal-de-camp.
Charles Armand de Gontaut, 2nd Duke of Biron, great-grandson of Armand de Gontout-Biron, was a French military leader who served with distinction under Louis XIV and Louis XV, and was made a Marshal of France by the latter.
Antoine Lepautre or Le Pautre (1621–1679) was a French architect and engraver. Born in Paris, he was the brother of the prolific and inventive designer-engraver Jean Lepautre. Antoine Lepautre has been called "one of the most inventive architects of the early years of Louis XIV's reign". He was a protégé of Cardinal Mazarin, to whom he dedicated his Desseins de plusieurs palais, in which his imagination is given free rein.
Countess Elisabeth of Nassau was the second daughter of prince William of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon, and Duchess of Bouillon by marriage to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the regent of Sedan during the absence of her spouse; between 1623 and 1626 during the minority of her son; and from 1632 during the absence of her son.
Louis Antoine de Gontaut, 6th Duke of Biron (1700–1788) was Duke of Biron and a French military leader who served with distinction under Louis XV, and was made a Marshal of France in 1757.
Lauzun is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. The village of Lauzun is located in the north of Lot et Garonne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is separated from Périgord (Dordogne) by the river Dropt. It is on the D1 road, between Miramont and Castillonnes.
Gontaut may refer to:
Auguste Nompar de Caumont, 13th Duke of La Force, was a French duke and historian. Specialising in the 17th century, his work allowed him to reconstruct events in which his ancestors had taken part. He was elected a member of the Académie française on 19 November 1925.
Nompar is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jacques Nompar de Caumont, 4th Duke of La Force was a French nobleman and peer, the son of Jacques de Caumont, Marquis de Boësse and Louise de Saint Georges. He held his late father's title from the age of two until the death of his grandfather, Henri-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force. Jacques-Nompar very rapidly assumed the title of duc de La Force at the closing of parliament 10 February 1678 and was acknowledged a peer, subject to conversion to Catholicism.
Bertrand Nompar de Caumont, marquis de La Force was a French nobleman, the son of Jean François de Caumont and Jeanne de Maury. He was a knight, and held the titles of seigneur de Beauvilla then marquis de La Force, Caumont and Taillebourg, comte de Mussidan and baron de Castelnau-Les-Milandes. In the royal household he was appointed as Garde du Corps du Roi and Gentilhomme de la Chambre.
Marie-Amélie de Boufflers, duchesse de Lauzun was a French noblewoman and heiress who was one of the influential princesses combinées at the court of Louis XVI. She was imprisoned and guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Of the more famous persons later arrested, one could point to Lieutenant-General Antoine Nompar de Caumont, who was apprehended for unknown reasons by ... by the king, commanded the French contingent to Ireland in 1689 and, in 1692, was made Duke of Lauzun. ... De Caumont had no children when he died in 1723, but the title of Duke of Lauzun was recreated in 1766 for Armand-Louis de ...