Louis de Rohan-Chabot (3 November 1652 – 17 August 1727) was a member of the House of Rohan-Chabot and

Duke of Rohan Duke of Rohan is a title of French nobility, associated with the Breton region of Rohan. Duke of Rohan House of Rohan House of Chabot House of Rohan-Chabot ''The title ''prince de Léon'' is used a courtesy title until the succession of the ...

. He married an heiress and acted as

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's representative in

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. He was styled as the Prince of Léon prior to becoming Duke of Rohan. His direct descendant is today's

Josselin de Rohan Josselin Charles Louis Jean Marie de Rohan-Chabot, 14th Duke of Rohan, known as Josselin de Rohan (born 5 June 1938 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician. He is a former member of the Senate of France, representing the Morbihan depa ...

(born 5 June 1938), a member of the

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, representing the

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

department.

Early life and family

Born at the Hôtel de la rue du Temple in Paris, to Henri Chabot and his wife

Marguerite de Rohan Marguerite de Rohan (1617 – 9 April 1684) was a French noblewoman and ''suo jure'' Duchess of Rohan. She married Henri de Chabot for love and the couple produced four children. A great heiress, she inherited the Duchy (later principality) of ...

, Louis was the fifth of six children and their only surviving son. His parents' marriage had caused a scandal; his mother Marguerite was a

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