Henri De Gondi (1590-1659)

Henri de Gondi, duc de Retz (1590–1659) was a French nobleman of the

Gondi family The Florentine banking family of the Gondi were prominent financial partners of the Medici. Unlike the Medici, they were of the old Florentine nobility, tracing their line traditionally from the legendary Philippi, said to have been ennobled by Cha ...

. He was the son of Charles de Gondi, duc de Retz and Antoinette (1574 † 25 April 1618), lady of Château-Gontier (daughter of

Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1540 – 7 August 1573) was prince de Châtellaillon, marquis de Rothelin, comte de Montgommery et Tancarville, viscomte d'Abbeville, Melun, comte de Neufchâtel et Valangin. Longueville was governor of Pi ...

). He became duc de Retz on his father's death in 1596. He married Jeanne de Beaupreau, and they had 2 daughters. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gondi 1590 births 1659 deaths French military personnel 16th-century peers of France 17th-century peers of France