François De La Rochefoucauld (1558-1645)

	François De La Rochefoucauld (1558-1645) François de La Rochefoucauld may refer to: * François III de La Rochefoucauld (1521–1572), French courtier and soldier * François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal) (1558–1645), French cardinal of the Catholic Church * François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) (1613–1680), French author * François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre (1672–1739), Field Marshal of the British Army * François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1747–1827), French social reformer * François de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1765–1848) See also * 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 ... {{hndis, name=La Rochefoucauld, Francois de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 Téligny and Louise de Coligny, serving as one of the witnesses to their marriage, whilst his humour and intelligence rendered him a favourite of Henry II of France and Charles IX of France. He is also notable as one of the Protestant leaders killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Life He was born in Paris as son of count François II de La Rochefoucauld. He became a brilliant soldier, fighting with distinction under Henry II of France during the first three French civil wars. According to Brantôme in his youth he found favour in Henry II's court, becoming a knight in the Order of the King, fighting in the king's entourage and having quite a busy military career. In 1552 he took part in the siege of Metz as captain of light cava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 was born 8 December 1558, the second of four sons of Charles de La Rochefoucald, Count of Randan, and Fulvie Pico della Mirandola, and the nephew of Jean de La Rochefoucald, abbot of Marmoutier. When François was three years old, his father was killed at the Siege of Rouen and the family returned to the household of Queen Caterina de Medici of France. La Rochefoucauld attended the Collége de Marmotier, in Paris and then the Jesuit Collège de Clermont (later renamed Lycée Louis-le-Grand by Louis XIV) in Paris from 1572–1579. In 1569 he was named Vicar general to Cardinal Louis de Lorraine de Guise in the abbey of Tournus. Bishop On 29 July 1585 he was appointed bishop of Clermont, though he needed special Papal dispensation for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 of his dense literary oeuvre published. His ''Maximes'' portray the callous nature of human conduct, with a cynical attitude towards putative virtue and avowals of affection, friendship, love, and loyalty. Leonard Tancock regards ''Maximes'' as "one of the most deeply felt, most intensely lived texts in French literature", with his "experience, his likes and dislikes, sufferings and petty spites ... crystallized into absolute truths." Born in Paris in 1613, at a time when the royal court was vacillating between aiding the nobility and threatening it, he was considered an exemplar of the accomplished seventeenth-century nobleman. Until 1650, he bore the title of ''Prince de Marcillac''. His great-grandfather François III, count de La Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher * François Aubry (other), several people * François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos François Boucher (other), several people François Caron (other), several people François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	François Alexandre Frédéric De La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke Of La Rochefoucauld François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (11 January 1747 – 27 March 1827) was a French social reformer. Early life He was born at La Roche Guyon, the son of François Armand de La Rochefoucauld, duc d'Estissac, grand master of the royal wardrobe. One of his cousins was Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld d'Enville. Known as the duc de Liancourt in infancy, he became an officer of carbineers, and married at seventeen. A visit to England seems to have suggested the establishment of a model farm at Liancourt, where he reared cattle imported from England and Switzerland. He also set up spinning machines on his estate, and founded a school, École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers, for the sons of soldiers, which became in 1788 the ''École des Enfants de la Patrie'' under royal protection. In 2008, this school was renamed Arts et Métiers ParisTech. French Revolution Frédéric de Liancourt was elected to the Estates-Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	François De La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke Of La Rochefoucauld François XIII de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (8 September 1765 – 3 September 1848) was a French aristocrat and writer. Early life De La Rochefoucauld was born on 8 September 1765 in Paris. was the heir and eldest son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. Among his siblings were Alexandre, comte de La Rochefoucauld, who married Adélaïde de Pyvart de Chastullé (a San Domingo heiress allied to the Beauharnais family), and Frédéric Gaëtan de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis of Liancourt. Career Among his works are ''Mélanges sur l’Angleterre'' (a travel memoir) and ''Souvenirs du 10 Aoȗt 1792 et de l’Armée de Bourbon''. The former has twice been translated into English: first in 1933 as ''A Frenchman in England, 1784'' (translated by S.C. Roberts); and subsequently as ''A Frenchman's Year in Suffolk, 1784'' (translated by Norman Scarfe). Personal life On 24 September 1793 he married Marie Françoise de Tott (1770–1854 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]