Henri-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force (1582 – January 1678) was

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and

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. He was the son of

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Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force () (30 December 1558 – 10 May 1652) was a Marshal of France and Peer of France. He was the son of a Huguenot, Francois de Caumont, lord of Castelnau, and Philippe de Beaupoil. He survived the St. Bart ...

and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal

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. First marquis de Castelnau, later Duc de La Force after the death of his brother, he served King

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on many occasions in the army, under his father, as Maréchal-de-camp.

Marriage and issue

He married 17 October 1602, Marguerite d'Escodeca, dame de Boësse, and by her had nine children: * Jacques de Caumont La Force, marquis de Boësse, killed in the siege of La Mothe in

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in 1634 * Henri de Caumont La Force, died young * Pierre de Caumont La Force, marquis de Cugnac, without issue * Armand de Caumont La Force, marquis de Montpouillan, Lieutenant-general in the Dutch Army, Governor of

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, died in

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on 16 May 1701 at the age of 86. He married Amable-Guillelmine de Brederode and Grace Angelique

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. * Charlotte de Caumont La Force, married Gabriel de Caumont,

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de Lauzun, mother of

Antoine Nompar de Caumont Antoine Nompar de Caumont, duc de Lauzun (, 163219 November 1723) was a French courtier and soldier. He was the only love interest of the "greatest heiress in Europe", Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, cousin of Louis XIV. ...

* Diane de Caumont La Force, married Charles-René du Puy de Tournon, marquis de Montbrun en Dauphiné * Jeanne de Caumont La Force, married Cyrus de Montaut, marquis de Navailles,

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de Beynac * Jacqueline de Caumont La Force, died, 10 May 1702, married Henri de Vivant, comte de Panjas. * Henriette de Caumont La Force, demoiselle de Castelnau

Death

He died in January 1678 at the Château de La Force in the

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, and was succeeded by his grandson, Jacques-Nompar.

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