Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes, 9th Duke of Luynes (22 June 1846 – 2 December 1870) was a French aristocrat and soldier in the

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Early life

Charles Honoré Emmanuel was born on 22 June 1846. He was the eldest son of

Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes (3 February 1823 – 9 January 1854), ''styled'' Duke of Chevreuse, was a French nobleman. Early life He was the only child of Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, 8th Duke of Luynes, and Marie Françoise Dauve ...

, Duke of Chevreuse (1823–1854), and Valentine-Julie

de Contades Contades is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne d'Ornano Anne d'Ornano (née de Contades; born 7 December 1936) is a French politician. Early life Contades was born on 7 December 1936 in Paris. She is the daughter of th ...

(1824–1900). His sister was Marie Julie d'Albert de Luynes (wife of Elzéar Charles Antoine de Sabran-Pontevès, 3rd

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) and his younger brother was Paul Marie Stanislas Honoré d'Albert de Luynes, 10th

Duke of Chaulnes The title of Duke of Chaulnes (), a French peerage, is held by the d'Albert family beginning in 1621. History First creation (1621–1698) The duchy of Chaulnes was established by letters patent in January 1621 and registered on 6 March 1621 a ...

and

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(who married Princess Sophie Golitsyn, a granddaughter of Prince

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). His father was the only child of Marie Françoise Dauvet de Maineville and

Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes Honoré Théodore Paul Joseph d'Albert, 8th Duke of Luynes (15 December 1802 – 15 December 1867) was a wealthy French nobleman and scholar. He is most remembered for the collection of exhibits he gave to the Cabinet des Médailles in 1862, and ...

, 8th

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, a prominent writer on archaeology who is most remembered for the collection of exhibits he gave to the

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, and for supporting the exiled

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's claim to the throne of France. His maternal grandparents were French cavalry officer Jules Gaspard Amour de Contades, Viscount de Contades (son of

François-Jules de Contades François-Jules-Gaspard de Contades, Vicomte de Contades (29 December 1760 – 3 September 1811) was a French aristocrat and soldier who was known as the Chevalier de Contades. Early life Contades was born on 29 December 1760 in Angers, the prefec ...

) and Gabrielle Adèle Alexandrine Amys du Ponceau.

Career

As his father predeceased his grandfather, he succeeded to the dukedom of Luynes and

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in 1867 while the dukedom of Chaulnes passed to his younger brother

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. The dukedom of Luynes had been created for his ancestor,

Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes Charles d'Albert, 1st Duke of Luynes (; 5 August 1578 – 15 December 1621) was a French courtier and a favourite of Louis XIII. In 1619, the king made him Duke of Luynes and a Peer of France, and in 1621, Constable of France. Luynes died ...

(brother of Honoré d'Albert, 1st

), by King

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in 1619. He only held the title for three years before his death in 1870 upon which his eldest son, who was only two years old, succeeded to the dukedom. The Duke was a member of the

, and was killed in the Battle of Loigny–Poupry on 2 December 1870.

Personal life

On 5 December 1867, he married Yolande Françoise Marie Julienne de La Rochefoucauld (1849–1905) in Paris. She was a daughter of

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, 4th

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, and Princess Yolande de Polignac (a daughter of Prince

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, the 7th

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). Through her great-grandmother, Pauline Hortense ( d'Albert de Luynes), Duchess of Montmorency-Laval, she was also a descendant of Louis Joseph d'Albert, 6th Duke of Luynes. Together, they were the parents of: * ''Honoré'' Charles Marie Sosthène d'Albert de Luynes, 10th Duke of Luynes (1868–1924), who married Simone Louise Laure de Crussol d'Uzes, a daughter of Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th

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and

Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart Anne de Rochechouart (''Marie Adrienne Anne Victurnienne Clémentine''; 10 February 1847 – 3 February 1933), was a wealthy French aristocrat. She inherited a large fortune from her great-grandmother, the founder of the Veuve Clicquot Champagne ...

(who inherited a large fortune from her great-grandmother,

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, founder of

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). Simone's younger brother, Louis Emmanuel de Crussol, married Honoré's first cousin, Marie Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes (a daughter of the 10th Duke of Chaulnes). * Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes (1870–1952), who married

Adrien de Noailles ''Adrien'' Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles (22 September 1869 – 23 October 1953), was a French aristocrat and Olympian. Early life He was the eldest son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles, ...

, 8th

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, a son of

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, 7th Duke of Noailles. The Duke died in

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during the Battle of Loigny–Poupry on 2 December 1870, only 24 years old. He was succeeded in his titles by his only son, Honoré, then only two years old.

Descendants

Through his only son, he was posthumously a grandfather of Emmanuelle Anne Yolande Charlotte Simone Valentine Marie Gabrielle d'Albert de Luynes (1891–1947), wife of the Marquis de Vaulserre, Charles Honoré Jacques Philippe Marie Louis d'Albert de Luynes, ''styled'' Duke of Chevreuse (1892–1918), who died during

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while serving as an aviator, Yolande Louise Valentine Marie d'Albert de Luynes (1897–1945), Marie Adrienne Mathilde d'Albert de Luynes (1898–1929), wife of the 6th Duke of Montebello, and Élisabeth Philippe Mathilde Marie Gabrielle d'Albert de Luynes (1895–1976), wife of Emmanuel du Bourg de Bozas, and

Philippe d'Albert de Luynes Philippe Anne Louis Marie Dieudonné Jean d'Albert, 11th Duke of Luynes (12 August 1905 – 13 July 1993) was a French aristocrat who became the Duke of Luynes at the age of nineteen and held the title until his death in 1993. Early life The Duke ...

, 11th Duke of Luynes (1905–1993). Through his daughter Yolande, he was posthumously a grandfather of

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, duc d'Ayen (1893–1945), a member of the

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who died at the

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, Yolande Marie Clothilde Charlotte de Noailles (1896–1976), and Elisabeth Pauline Sabine Marie de Noailles (1898–1969), a prominent

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player who competed in the

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in 1920.

References

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