Armand Nompar de Caumont, 2nd Duke of La Force (30 October 1580 – 16 December 1675) was a

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and

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. He was the son of another Marshal of France,

Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force Jacques Nompar de Caumont, 1st Duke of La Force () (30 December 1558 – 10 May 1652) was a Marshal of France and Peer of France. He was the son of a Huguenots, Huguenot, Francois de Caumont, lord of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Castelnau, and Philipp ...

and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron. Like his father, Armand-Nompar was a Huguenot Protestant.

Marriage and issue

He married as his first wife, Jeanne de Rochefaton, dame de Saveilles and had two children: * Charlotte de Caumont (1623–1666), married in 1651 Marshal Turenne, but died without children. * Jacques de Caumont (1633–1661), without issue Jeanne de Rochefaton died in 1667. On 12 December of the same year, Armand Nompar remarried with the 17-year-old Louise de Belsunce who died from smallpox and without children on 7 December 1680.

Career

Armand-Nompar de Caumont was made Grand Maître de la garde-robe in 1632, an office that he resigned in 1637.He followed his father in most of his expeditions, became a

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in 1625, defeated and captured General Colloredo at Baccarat in 1636, had two horses killed under him at the siege of Hondarribia in 1638 and became lieutenant général in 1641. First marquis de La Force, later duc de La Force, he fought in the wars of

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and

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and

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. He succeeded his father as

duc de La Force The title of Duke of La Force, Peerage of France, Peer of France, in the peerage of France, was created in 1637 for members of the Caumont family, who were lords of the village of La Force, Dordogne, La Force in the Dordogne region. The family ori ...

and a peer of France and was sworn in as a Marshal of France on 29 August 1652 at

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. He died at the Château de La Force in the

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on 16 December 1675, without heir. The title of

Duc de La Force The title of Duke of La Force, Peerage of France, Peer of France, in the peerage of France, was created in 1637 for members of the Caumont family, who were lords of the village of La Force, Dordogne, La Force in the Dordogne region. The family ori ...

went to his younger brother Henri-Nompar.

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External links

Armand de Caumont La Force
Family tree
Seigneurs de Caumont-La Force
Lineage of the lords of Caumont and Dukes of La Force {{DEFAULTSORT:Caumont, Armand-Nompar de, duc de La Force Coaumont, Armand-Nompar de Dukes of La Force Marshals of France 1580 births 1675 deaths 17th-century peers of France