Charles d'Angennes, marquis de Rambouillet (1577 – Paris, 26 February 1652) was a French noble and diplomat.
Biography
He was the only son of
Nicolas d'Angennes and Julienne d'Arquenay.
He became lord then marquis of Rambouillet (1612) and Pisani, Baron de Talmont, Lord of Arquenay, Vidame & Sénéchal du Mans, captain
of the 2nd company of the Hundred Gentlemen of the Household of the King. In 1610 he was appointed Grand Master of the King's Wardrobe and a Knight in the
Order of the Holy Spirit
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(1619). He was also State Councilor, Colonel-General of the Italian Infantry (1620) and
Maréchal de camp
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The rank originated from the older rank of sergeant major general ( French: ''sergent-major général'') ...
(1620).
Appointed Ambassador of France to the Savoyard state, he negotiated in 1614 and then in 1615, during the
War of the Montferrat Succession, the first and second peace treaties between Louis XIII and the Duke of Savoy.
In 1627 he was sent as extraordinary ambassador to the Savoyard state and Spain.
Marriage and children
In 1600 he married
Catherine de Vivonne, who became an important society hostess and a major figure in the literary history of 17th-century France. They had 7 children:
*
Julie (1607-1671),
Première dame d'honneur
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to the Queen of France, married
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (6 October 161017 November 1690), was a French soldier and, from 1668 to 1680, the governor of the dauphin, the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France.
Biography
Charles was born on 6 October ...
, had issue
*Claire (1610-1670), Abbess of the Yerres Abbey
*Léon-Pompée (1615-1645), killed at the
Battle of Nördlingen (1645)
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*Louise-Isabelle (1617-1707), Abbess of Saint-Etienne de Reims
*Catherine-Charlotte (1622-1691), Abbess of the Yerres Abbey
*Louis (1623-1631), died of the Plague
*Angélique-Claire (1624-1664), married
François Adhémar de Monteil, Comte de Grignan
François Adhémar de Monteil, comte de Grignan (15 September 1632 – 30 December 1714) was a French aristocrat, remembered chiefly for being Lieutenant-Governor of Provence and the beloved son-in-law of Madame de Sévigné.
Life and career ...
, had issue.
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References
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1577 births
1652 deaths
French nobility
Ambassadors to the Savoyard state
Ambassadors of France to Spain