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Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld (née de Pyvart de Chastullé; 1769 - 1814), was a French courtier. She served as the principal lady in waiting, or ''dame d'honneur'' (Mistress of the Robes), to empress Joséphine de Beauharnais in 1804–09. Life ...

(1769–1814), French courtier * Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1841), soldier and minister of Charles X *

Antoine de La Rochefoucauld Antoine de la Rochefoucauld, the second of this name, Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire, served Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé as a knight (''chevalier de l'ordre du Roi'') and his chamberlain. On 7 October 1552, he married Cécile de Montmira ...

(before 1552after 1569), French knight *

Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (1862–1959) Count (Comte) Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (10 October 1862 – 8 September 1959) was an artist, patron and art collector as well as a proponent of Rosicrucianism in France at the end of the 19th century. Life Marie Joseph Auguste Antoine de La ...

, 19th century Rosicrucian *

Dominique de La Rochefoucauld Dominique de La Rochefoucauld ( Saint-Ilpize, Haute-Loire, 26 September 1712 – Münster, Germany, 23 September 1800) was a French bishop and cardinal.From 1778. Life Before the French Revolution He was from an impoverished branch of ...

(1712–1800), French bishop and cardinal *

Edmée de La Rochefoucauld Edmée de La Rochefoucauld (1896-1991) was a French activist for women’s voting rights and a writer, sometimes using the pseudonym Gilbert Mauge. Early life Edmée Frisch de Fels was born in Paris, France on April 28, 1895, the daughter of Edm ...

(1896-1991), French activist *

François III de La Rochefoucauld François III, Count of La Rochefoucauld, prince of Marcillac, count of Roucy and baron of Verteuil (1521 - 24 August 1572) was a French courtier and soldier, serving as gentleman-in-ordinary to the king's chamber. He was a friend of Charles de ...

(1521–1572), French courtier and soldier *

François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal) François de La Rochefoucauld (8 December 1558 – 14 February 1645) was a French Cardinal and an "important figure in the French Counter Reformation church".Yale University Press review of Bergin's book Life François de La Rochefoucauld w ...

(1558–1645), French cardinal of the Catholic Church *

François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of ''Maximes'' and ''Memoirs'', the only two works ...

(1613–1680), French author noted for his maxims and memoirs *

François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, Kin ...

(1672–1739) * François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747–1827), social reformer *

François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1848) François XIII, duke of La Rochefoucauld (8 September 1765, Paris - 3 September 1848) was the heir and eldest son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. On 24 September 1793 he married Marie-Françoise de Tott (1770 ...

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld (1701–1757) was a French cardinal. 1701 births 1757 deaths 18th-century French cardinals Archbishops of Bourges People of the Ancien Régime {{France-reli-bio-stub ...

(1701–1757), French cardinal of the Catholic Church, Archbishop of Bourges *

Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1779–1863), the third son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, was a French nobleman who, during Napoléon's brief 1815 return to power, fled to Switzer ...

(1779–1863), politician *

Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye (August 17, 1707 – September 16, 1746) was made the Duc d'Anville by King Louis XV of France and pursued a military career in the French galley corps. He is best known fo ...

(1707–1746), French naval commander *

Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (30 June 1931 – 2 February 2011) was a French screenwriter and TV director. In 1990, he was awarded the Prize XVIIe for his TV drama '. External links * Film directors from Paris 1931 births 2011 d ...

(1931–2011), French screenwriter and television director *

Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld d'Enville Louis-Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld (4 July 1743, Paris - 4 September 1792, Gisors, Normandy) was a French nobleman and politician. He was a member of the House of La Rochefoucauld (one of the oldest and most famous French noble families, origi ...

(1743–92), French aristocrat and politician *

Maxime de la Rochefoucauld Maxime Rioux (born October 29, 1959) known by his stage name Maxime De La Rochefoucauld is a Canadian musician and performance artist based in Montreal, Quebec. Rioux is best known for his compositions produced on musical instruments that are home ...

(born 1959), Canadian musician *

Robert de La Rochefoucauld Comte Robert Jean Marie de La Rochefoucauld (16 September 1923 – 8 May 2012) was a member of the French Resistance and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and later served as the mayor of Ouzouer-sur-Trézée, a canal to ...

(1923–2012), French count and special operations executive

Places

La Rochefoucauld, Charente La Rochefoucauld (; oc, La Ròcha Focaud) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois.Duc de La Rochefoucauld The title of Duke de La Rochefoucauld is a French peerage belonging to one of the most famous families of the French nobility, whose origins go back to lord Rochefoucauld in Charente in the 10th and 11th centuries (with official evidence of nobili ...

* Établissement La Rochefoucauld, a school in Paris {{disambig, surname