Henri de Massue, 1st Marquis de Rouvigny (1603–1689) was a French diplomat. He was the eldest son of

Daniel de Massue, Seigneur de Rouvigny Daniel de Massue, Seigneur de Rouvigny was a French nobleman born in 1577, and died in 1613. He was married to Madeleine de Pinot des Fontaines, by whom he had four children: * Rachel de Massue, mother of Rachel Wriothesley * Henri de Massue, 1st M ...

and

Madeleine de Pinot des Fontaines Daniel de Massue, Seigneur de Rouvigny was a French nobleman born in 1577, and died in 1613. He was married to Madeleine de Pinot des Fontaines, by whom he had four children: * Rachel de Massue, mother of Rachel Wriothesley * Henri de Massue, 1st M ...

. A Protestant, in 1647 Rouvigny married Marie, a daughter of Pierre Tallemant, and had two sons, Henri and Pierre.David Carnegie Andrew Agnew, ''Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV'', Volume 3, p. 143 Rouvigny served as the French ambassador to the English court from 1674 to 1677. Rouvigny had a sister, Rachel, who married

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG ( ; 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 r ...

, and was the mother of Elizabeth Wriothesley, Viscountess Campden, wife of

Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, 4th Viscount Campden (1641 – January 1689) was a British peer, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681. Origins Edward Noel was born in 1641, the son and heir of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden. Car ...

, and

Rachel Wriothesley Rachel, Lady Russell ( Wriothesley ; – 29 September 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many ...

(c. 1636–1723), heiress of Bloomsbury, wife of

William Russell, Lord Russell William Russell, Lord Russell (29 September 163921 July 1683) was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who during the reign of King Charles II, laid the groundwork for opposition in t ...

(1639–1683).Agnew, p. 143 In September 1685, Rouvigny travelled to France, meaning to live out his days there, but within a short time he had returned as a refugee. He died in England in 1689. His son Henri de Massue, 2nd Marquis de Rouvigny, was ennobled in the

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first as the Viscount (1692) and later the

Earl of Galway Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

(1697), but died unmarried.

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1603 births 1689 deaths Huguenots 17th-century French diplomats Ambassadors of France to England {{France-diplomat-stub