Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac (Armand Jules François; 7 June 1746 – 21 September 1817) was a French nobleman and the husband of

Yolande de Polastron Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 17499 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette be ...

, a confidante of

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Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

. He became the first

Duke of Polignac The title of Duke of Polignac ( French: ''Duc de Polignac'') is a French dukedom that is held by the Polignac family. History The title was originally created for Jules de Polignac in 1780 by brevet, which meant it was not hereditary. It was mad ...

in 1780. He died at the age of seventy one in

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, where he was given a manor by

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Life and marriage

He was born at

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to Louis Héracle Armand de Polignac, Marquis of Mancini, and his wife, Diane Adélaide Zéphirine Mancini, herself a granddaughter of the

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and the

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. He bore the title of Marquis of Mancini. He was the couple's fourth child of five, and their second son, and the brother of

Diane de Polignac file:Attributed to Claude Hoin - A lady called the Comtesse Diane de Polignac.jpg, 200px, Diane de Polignac Diane Louise Augustine de Polignac (1746 – 1818), was a French aristocrat, writer and courtier, and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Élisabe ...

. On 7 July 1767, he married Yolande Martine ''Gabrielle'' de Polastron. His wife was later the favourite of

. As a result, he was created Duke of Polignac on 20 September 1780. At the revolution, he fled France and died in

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at the age of 71.

Issue

* ''Aglaé Louise'' Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac (7 May 1768 – 30 March 1803); married the Duke of Guiche and was nicknamed ''Guichette''; *Armand ''Jules'' Marie Héracle de Polignac, 2nd Duke of Polignac (11 January 1771 – 1 March 1847); married Ida Johanna Lina van Neukirchen gen. Nijvenheim, with no issue; * Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac, Prince of Polignac and later 3rd Duke of Polignac (10 November 1780 – 30 March 1847); married firstly Barbara Campbell (1788–1819) and had issue; secondly Mary Charlotte Parkyns (1792–1864) and had issue; was French Prime Minister from 1829 to 1830, under the government of Charles X of France; *Camille Henri Melchior de Polignac, Count of Polignac (27 December 1781 – 2 February 1855); married Marie Charlotte Calixte Alphonsine Le Vassor de la Touche (1791–1861) and had issue; they were the patrilineal ancestors of Pierre de Polignac, who married

Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi; 30 September 1898 – 16 November 1977), was the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and the mother of Prince Rainier III. From 1922 until 1944, she was the H ...

, and was the father of

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest-ruling m ...

, and grandfather of the current reigning Prince, Albert II.

Ancestry

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Polignac, Jules, 1st Duke of 1746 births 1817 deaths People from Claye-Souilly

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