Antoine de Gramont, 1st

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(1572–1644) was a member of minor French nobility by birth. Created the 1st Duke of Gramont in

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by King

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, he was automatically a Peer. His granddaughter

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married

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, making Antoine a direct ancestor of the present reigning

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. Though created the 1st Duke of Gramont, the creation of the title was not officially registered in Parliament before his death, so his son had to petition for the dukedom to be recognised. His mother had been

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of King Henri III of

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(the future

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) between 1582 and 1591.

First marriage

He married Louise de Roquelaure, daughter of

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Antoine and Louise had two sons: #

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(1604–1678), numbered Antoine III, who became the 2nd duc de Gramont # Roger (died 1629), who was known as comte de Louvigny

Second marriage

In 1618, he married Claude de Montmorency of the

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. Antoine and Claude had two sons: # Henri (died 1679), Count of Toulongeon # Philibert (1621-1707), courtier —and four daughters # Susanne-Charlotte (1627–1688), married Henri Mitte, Marquis of Saint-Chamond # Anne-Louise (died 1666), married Isaac de Pas, Marquis of Feuquière # Françoise-Marguerite, married Philippe, Marquis of Lons # Charlotte-Catherine (died 1714), became abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at

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Arms

*''Écartelé, au I et IV, de gueules à trois fasce ondées d'or ; aux Iet III, cousu de gueules à trois jumelles d'argent ; sur-le-tout, contre-écartelé : au 1, d'or, au lion d'azur, armé et lampassé de gueules (Gramont) ; au 2, de gueules, à trois flèches d'or, armées et empennées d'argent, 2 et 1, les pointes en bas (Asté); au 3, d'or, à un lévrier de gueules, colleté d'azur, à l'orle de sable, semée de besants d'or (Aure) ; au 4, d'argent à un chef endenté d'azur.''''Armorial du duc de Gramont''
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