Adrien Gabriel Victurnien de Rougé (2 July 1782 in
Everly – 16 June 1838 in
Guyencourt
Guyencourt is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Aisne department
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), was a French statesman, distinguished soldier, and
Peer of France
The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages.
The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...
member of the
House of Rougé
The de Rougé family whose former name was des Rues is a family of the French nobility from Anjou and dating back to the 14th century.Henri Jougla de Morenas, ''Grand Armorial de France'', tome VI page 74.
Some historians believe that the exiti ...
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Adrien was a son of
Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé and his wife
Natalie Victurnienne. He served under the Comte d'Artois, later King
Charles X
Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Loui ...
, in the Army of the Princes, first as a second lieutenant in the Infantry, then in 1800 as a "" in the Mortemart regiment. He served then as an officer of the King's Mousquetaires in 1814.
From 1815 to 1823, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the of the
Somme.
In 1816, Charles X appointed him to the Peerage with the title of Comte. For a time he commanded one of the four subdivisions of the army stationed in
Paris
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. He became the leader of the Knights of the Faith, a very powerful secret ultra conservative organisation. He refused his allegiance to the government of King
Louis Philippe
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...
.
Family
By his wife, Caroline de Forbin d'Oppède (1789-1872),
married on 18 September 1809, in
Arnouville
Arnouville () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Previously known as Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, the name was officially renamed to Arnouville on 11 July 2010.
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Public primary sch ...
, they had four children:
*Félix, Comte de Rougé 1810–1893
*Armel, Comte de Rougé 1813–1898
*Marie de Rougé 1816–1860
*Delphine de Rougé 1820–1852.
References
Rouge, Adrien, Count de
Rouge, Adrien, Count de
Adrien, Count de
Peers of France
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