Louise de Rohan (Louise Gabrielle Julie; 11 August 1704 – 20 August 1780) was a French noblewoman and Princess of Guéméné by marriage.

Biography

Born in Paris to Hercule Mériadec de Rohan and his wife

Anne Geneviève de Lévis Anne Geneviève de Lévis (February 1673 – 20 March 1727) was a French noblewoman. She was Princess of Turenne by her first marriage and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by her second marriage. Anne Geneviève was the only child o ...

, as a member of the

House of Rohan The House of Rohan ( br, Roc'han) is a Breton people, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan (commune), Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët ...

, she was entitled to the style of Highness. Her mother was the only child of

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. Her siblings included Louise Françoise, Duchess of La Meilleraye (married a grandson of

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and present ancestress of the

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)

Jules, Prince of Soubise Jules François Louis de Rohan (16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven. Biography Born in Paris to Hercule Mériadec de Rohan and his wife Anne Geneviève de Lévi ...

, Marie Isabelle, Duchess of Tallard,

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. Her uncle was the

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. She was baptised with the names Louise Gabrielle Julie on 13 August. She was known as ''Louise de Rohan''. Her uncle was the

, alleged son of

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. Louise de Rohan was engaged to her cousin Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, who was son and heir of

Charles III, Prince of Guéméné Charles de Rohan (30 September 1655 – 10 October 1727) was a French nobleman. His primary title was Duke of Montbazon, and before acceding to that title he was known by his other title, prince de Guéméné. He was the son of Charles de Ro ...

and Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet. They were married on 4 August 1718 at

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where her older sister Charlotte Armande was Abbess. Louise presented her daughter, Charlotte Louise, to

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

and the queen,

Marie Leszczyńska Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; ; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanis ...

on 26 October 1737 at

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. Two days later Charlotte Louise married the Italian Prince of Masserano. The Prince of Masserano was the Spanish ambassador in

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Charlotte Louise de Rohan (1722-1786), princesse de Masseran

She died at Chevilly, Loiret on 20 August 1780. She owned the Manoir de

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which she bought in 1747.

Issue

*Charlotte Louise de RohanShe is sometimes styled as either ''Mademoiselle de Rohan'' or ''Mademoiselle de Guéméné'' (12 March 1722 – October 1786) - married Vittorio Filippo Ferrero-Fieschi (of the

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), Prince of

Masserano Masserano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,315 and an area of .All demographi ...

, spanish ambassador, and had issue; *''Geneviève'' Armande Élisabeth de Rohan, Abbess of Marquette (18 November 1724 – 1766) - never married; * ''Jules'' Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné (25 March 1726 – 10 December 1800) - married

Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (Marie Louise Henriette Jeanne; 15 August 1725 – 1793) was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Princess of Guéméné by marriage. Biography Marie Louise was the ...

(daughter of

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and

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) and had issue; *Marie-Louise de Rohan (1728 – 31 May 1737) - died in infancy; *''

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'' Constantin de Rohan, Prince de Montbazon (18 April 1731 – 24 July 1794) - married Gabrielle Rosalie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, daughter of

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; no issue. Louis Armand was guillotined in the

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; *

Louis René Édouard de Rohan Louis René Édouard de Rohan known as Cardinal de Rohan (25 September 1734 – 16 February 1803), ''prince de Rohan-Guéméné'', was a French Bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan f ...

, Cardinal de Rohan (25 September 1734 – 16 February 1803) -

Archbishop of Strasbourg {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 These persons were bishop, archbishop or prince-bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (including historically Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg): Bishops and prince-bishops *Amandus *Justinus vo ...

; no issue; * ''Ferdinand'' Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan,

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(7 November 1738 – 30 October 1813) - had illegitimate children with

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, daughter of

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and

Clementina Walkinshaw Clementina Maria Sophia Walkinshaw (1720 – 27 November 1802) was the mistress of Charles Edward Stuart. Born into a respectable Scottish family, Clementina began to live with the Prince in November 1752 and remained his mistress for eight yea ...

Ancestry

References and notes

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18th-century French nobility 1704 births 1780 deaths

French Roman Catholics Nobility from Paris