Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil du Bousquet (14 November 1665, in château du Bousquet, Montpeyroux, Rouergue – 8/9 March 1744) was a French Navy admiral.
Family
He was a member of the
de Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family from Languedoc in France. His father left him the hereditary government of the town of
Rodez
Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...
, which the king invested him with upon his marriage in 1711. His mother was Victoire de Moret, granddaughter of
Madeleine de Bourbon.
On 4 August 1712, he married Jeanne Louise du Main d'Angeret, and they had:
*
Aymar-Joseph, Vice Amiral of France
* René-Aymar,
Chef d'escadre
''Chef d'escadre'' (; literally "squadron commander") was a rank in the French Navy during the Ancien Régime and until the French Revolution. The rank was changed to '' contre-amiral'' by a law passed on 15 May 1791.
History
The first chefs ...
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1665 births
1744 deaths
French Navy admirals
Admirals of France
Knights of the Order of Saint Louis