Anne Julie de Melun (Anne Julie Adélaïde; 1698 – 18 May 1724) was a French court office holder. She served as deputy

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Biography

Born in 1698, she was baptised with the names Anne Julie Adélaïde and was known as ''Anne Julie''. Born as the second of two children to Louis de Melun, Prince d'Epinoy, and his wife

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, ''princesse de Lillebonne'', and thus member of House of Melun. Her brother Louis de Melun disappeared in 1724, two months after her death. She was the Lady of Boubers in her own right. The peerage was confiscated in 1789. At the age of roughly fifteen, she married

Jules, Prince of Soubise Jules François Louis de Rohan (16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven. Biography Born in Paris to Hercule Mériadec de Rohan and his wife Anne Geneviève de Lévi ...

. The couple were wed in

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on 16 September 1714. Her husband was a member of the Princely

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and with the marriage, Anne Julie took on the style of ''

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''. She and her husband were second cousins. Anne Julie was an under governess to the children of France working with

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, her husband's maternal grandmother. The couple had five children in all, among them

Charles de Rohan Charles de Rohan (16 July 17151 July 1787), Prince of Soubise, Duke of Rohan-Rohan, Seigneur of Roberval, and Marshal of France from 1758, was a soldier, and minister to kings Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was the last male of his branch of the Hou ...

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the famous general of

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as well as ''

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''. She and her husband died in Paris of

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. Her eldest son Charles succeeded as Prince of Soubise. Her brother's disappearance, led to the Principality of Epinoy (previously enjoyed by Anne Julie's father) was given to her son, Charles. She died of

in her twenties.

Issue

Prince of Soubise Within the French nobility, the title of "Prince of Soubise" was created in 1667 when the '' sirerie'' of Soubise, Charente-Maritime was raised to a principality for the cadet branch of the House of Rohan. The first prince was François de Rohan (16 ...

, Duke of Rohan-Rohan (16 July 1715–4 July 1787) married Princess Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1722–1739) and had issue; married again to

Princess Anna Teresa of Savoy Anne Thérèse of Savoy (1 November 1717 – 5 April 1745) was a Savoyard princess born in Paris, France. She was the second wife of Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise, a military leader and friend of Louis XV. She was also a first half-cousin of ...

(1717–1745) and had issue; married Princess Anna Viktoria of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (1728–1792) no issue; * François Armand Auguste de Rohan, ''Cardinal de Soubise'', Prince of Tournon (1 December 1717–28 Juin 1758) *

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(7 January 1720–4 March 1803) married Prince Gaston Jean Baptiste of Lorraine, Count of Marsan,, no issue; *François Auguste de Rohan, Count of Tournon (16 September 1721–6 August 1736) never married; *René de Rohan, Abbot of Luxeuil (26 July 1723–7 February 1743) never married.

Ancestry

References and notes

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