Guignen (; ;
Gallo: ''Ginyen'') is a
commune in the
Ille-et-Vilaine department
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Government and military
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in
Brittany in northwestern
France.
Viscounts of Guignen
The title of Viscount of Guignen had been the property of the
House of Rohan
The House of Rohan ( br, Roc'han) is a Breton people, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan (commune), Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët ...
since the 15th century. It was passed through to the
Princes of Condé, members of the
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Spanis ...
by a marriage between
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, ''Prince of Condé'' to
Charlotte de Rohan
Charlotte de Rohan (''Charlotte Godefride Élisabeth''; 7 October 1737 – 4 March 1760) was a French aristocrat who married into the House of Condé, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon, during the Ancien Régime. She was Princess ...
who was created Viscountess in 1745. At her death in 1760, it became one of the subsidiary titles of the Condé's being confiscated during the revolution.
Population
Inhabitants of Guignen are called ''Guignennais'' in French.
References
External links
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Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association
Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine
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