Charles-Philippe d’Albert Duc de Luynes (30 July 1695 – 2 November 1758) held the title

Duke of Luynes The Duke of Luynes (french: duc de Luynes ) is a territorial name belonging to the noble French house d'Albert. Luynes is, today, a commune of the Indre-et-Loire ''département'' in France. The family of Albert, which sprang from Thomas Alberti ( ...

from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important

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of life at the court of

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Early life

Charles-Philippe was a grandson of

Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynes Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes (7 October 1646 – 5 November 1712) was a French nobleman and Duke of Luynes. He is best known as the ''Duke of Chevreuse'', his family's subsidiary title which he used until his father's death in 1690. He ...

the

Duke of Chevreuse Duke of Chevreuse ( French ''Duc de Chevreuse'') was a French title of nobility, elevated from the barony of Chevreuse in 1545. Originally created for Jean de Brosse, Duc d'Étampes, it was transferred in 1555 to Charles of Guise, the Cardinal of L ...

. He was a great-great-grandson of the first Duke of Luynes,

Charles d'Albert Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (, 5 August 1578 – 15 December 1621) was a French courtier and a favourite of Louis XIII. In 1619, the king made him Duke of Luynes and a Peer of France, and in 1621, Constable of France. Luynes died of sc ...

, and his wife

Marie de Rohan Marie Aimée de Rohan (December 1600 – 12 August 1679) was a French courtier and political activist, famed for being the center of many of the intrigues of the first half of the 17th century in France. In various sources, she is often known ...

, one of the leading members of the

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. His grandmother Jeanne-Marie Colbert was a daughter of the famous

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...

, Louis XIV's minister of finance. His great-aunt was

Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, ''comtesse de Verrue'' (18 January 1670 – 18 November 1736) was a French noblewoman and the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. Biography The daughter of Louis Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (1620 ...

, the mistress of

Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. He also held the titles of Prince of Piedmont, Duke of Montferrat, Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Moriana and Nice. Louis XIV ...

. A second cousin was

Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy Maria Vittoria of Savoy (Maria Vittoria Francesca; 9 February 1690 – 8 July 1766) was a legitimated daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, first king of the House of Savoy. Married to the head of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy, she i ...

who lived in France and was the wife of

Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignan Victor Amadeus of Savoy, 3rd Prince of Carignano (1 March 1690 – 4 April 1741) was an Italian nobleman who was Prince of Carignano from 1709 to 1741. He was the son of Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Carignano and his wife, the Maria An ...

Career

Luynes was a

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 ...

and cavalry officer. He was part of the intimate group that she called her "gentlefolk" (''honnêtes gens''). He wrote a journal of historic events and facts about the court, a work which has no pretension of literary merit, but is valuable as a document for the study of the aristocratic society of his time.

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1286.

Personal life

He was twice married. His first marriage took place on 24 February 1710 to Louise-Léontine de Bourbon (1696–1721), ''Princess of Neuchatel'', a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons. Before her death in 1721, they were the parents of: *

Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes Marie ''Charles'' Louis d'Albert de Luynes (24 April 1717 – 8 October 1771) was a French nobleman and member of the House of Albert. He was the fifth Duke of Luynes as well as Duke of Chevreuse. Early life Luynes was born on 24 April 1717 ...

(1717–1771), who married Thérèse Pélagie d'Albert in 1735. After her death, he married Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli. In 1732, Charles-Philippe married Marie Brulart; she was the widow of the marquis de Charost, and became lady-in-waiting to the Queen

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, the consort of King

Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached ...

. He died at the

Château de Dampierre The Château de Dampierre is a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the ''Vallée de Chevreuse'', France. Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1675–1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of medium s ...

and was buried at the

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Descendants

Through his son Marie Charles, he was a grandfather of

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, Duke of Luynes (1748–1807), who had an active military and political career like his father.

Ancestry

References

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