Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière
[Also spelled Chaumont de La Galaisière] (22 January 1697,
Namur
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- 3 October 1783,
Paris
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), marquis de La Galaizière, chancellor of
Lorraine
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, was a French nobleman active at the court of Lorraine. He was one of the lovers of
Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon.
References
Sources
* Pierre Boyé: ''Le chancelier Chaumont de La Galaizière et sa famille'', Nancy: Ed. du Pays lorrain, 1939, 115 p.
* Alfred Brossel: ''Antoine-Martin de Chaumont, marquis de La Galaizière, intendant de Lorraine, chancelier de Stanislas, 1967-1783'', Nancy: G. Thomas, 1968, 38 p.
1697 births
1783 deaths
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