Louis Auguste d'Albert, 4th

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(2 December 1676 - 9 November 1744) was a French nobleman and Peer and 4th Duke of Chaulnes. He was created a

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in 1741 by

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. He was the subject of a 1707 portrait by

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Marriage

On 22 January 1704, he married Marie Anne Romaine in the

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. They had seven children.

Children

# Louis Marie d'Albert (31 Julie 1705 - 23 November 1724), Vidame of Amiens had no children. # Charles François d'Albert (6 September 1707 - 14 July 1731), Count, then Duke of Picquigny and

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. Married 1729, one daughter. # Louis Joseph d'Albert (1713-1714) # Michel Ferdinand d'Albert, 5th Duke of Chaulnes (1714-1769) married twice and had children. # Marie Thérèse d'Albert (10 February 1709 11 - July 1765) married Louis de Rougé, Marquis of Plessis Bellière. #Marie Françoise de Sales d'Albert (4 August 1710 - 14 January 1749) nun at the Benedictine convent of Montargis. #Marie Thérèse d'Albert (1711 - 1714) died in infancy.

Arms

*''De gueules diapré de deux branches d'alisier d'argent recourbées et passées en sautoir, au chef échiqueté d'azur et d'argent de trois tires (qui est d'Ailly moderne), avec en cœur, entre les branches d'alisier, un écusson d'or, au lion de gueules armé et couronné du champ (qui est d'Albert)''Hervé Pinoteau), Armorial de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit : d'après l'œuvre du père Anselme et ses continuateurs, Paris, Le Léopard d'or, 1996, p 204

References

{{Reflist 1676 births 1744 deaths Dukes of Chaulnes Peers of France Marshals of France House of Albert