Charles de Rohan (30 September 1655 – 10 October 1727) was a French nobleman. His primary title was

Duke of Montbazon The Duchy of Montbazon is the area around Montbazon, near Tours, in France. During the Ancien Régime, Montbazon became a ''seigneurie'' held by the House of Rohan in the fifteenth century; was elevated to a ''Count, comté'' in 1557, and raised ...

, and before acceding to that title he was known by his other title, prince de Guéméné. He was the son of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne Armande de Schomberg.

Biography

Born Charles de Rohan, his father was prince de Guéméné and ranked as one of the ''

princes étrangers A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The fema ...

'' at the French court, by virtue of the

House of Rohan The House of Rohan () is a Bretons, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan, Morbihan, Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to tr ...

s claimed descent from the

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His mother was Jeanne Armande de Schomberg. She was a daughter of

Henri de Schomberg Henri de Schomberg, Comte de Nanteuil (1575 – 17 November 1632), was a Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIII. Biography Schomberg was born in Paris. He served as the Superintendent of Finances from 1619 to 1623. He became a Marsh ...

who was a

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. He was the eldest of four children. He married twice, firstly to Marie Anne d'Albert, daughter of Louis Charles, duc de Luynes and Anne de Rohan. Her half sister was

Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, ''comtesse de Verrue'' (; 18 January 1670 – 18 November 1736) was a French noblewoman and the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. Biography The daughter of Louis Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (16 ...

, mistress of

Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II (; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King of ...

. She was the grand daughter of

Marie de Rohan Marie Aimée de Rohan (; December 1600 – 12 August 1679) was a French courtier and political activist, famed for being the center of many of the intrigues of the first half of the 17th century in France. In various sources, she is often kno ...

, the famous ''duchesse de Chevreuse''; as such they were second cousins sharing the same great grand parents. The couple were married on 19 February 1678 and had no children. Marie Anne died in 1679 aged just sixteen. Charles was then wed to Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet (styled ''Mademoiselle de Vauvineux'' prior to marriage) on 30 November 1679, just nine months after Marie Anne's death. The couple had fourteen children. He held the subsidiary titles of Count of Sainte-Maure, of La Haye and of La Nouatre. He died at the château de Rochefort-en-Beauce aged seventy two. He was succeeded by his son. His third son was the founder of the

Rochefort Rochefort () may refer to: Places France * Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department ** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard * Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department * Rochefort-du-Gard, in the G ...

line of the House of Rohan. His male line descendants currently live in Austria, having fled France during the French Revolution.

Issue

*Charlotte de Rohan (20 December 1680 – 20 September 1733) never married, no issue; * François Armand de Rohan, Prince of Montbazon (4 December 1682 – 26 June 1717) married Louise Julie de La Tour d'Auvergne had a child who lived for three years; * Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné (13 November 1688 – 21 December 1757) married Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan,daughter of

Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Duke of Rohan-Rohan Hercule may refer to: Fictional characters * Hercules, in Roman mythology * Hercule Poirot, a detective created by Agatha Christie * Hercule Flambeau, in the Father Brown mysteries by G. K. Chesterton * Hercule (''Dragon Ball'') or Mr. Satan, in ...

and

Anne Geneviève de Lévis Anne Geneviève de Lévis (February 1673 – 20 March 1727) was a French noblewoman. She was Princess of Turenne by her first marriage and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by her second marriage. Anne Geneviève was the only child ...

had issue; * Charles de Rohan, Prince of Rohan-Montauban, Prince of Rochefort (7 August 1693 – 25 February 1766) married Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières and had issue; grandparents of the Princess of Carignan and

Duke of Elbeuf The Seigneurie of Elbeuf, later a marquisate, dukedom, and peerage, was based on the territory of Elbeuf in the Vexin, possessed first by the Count of Valois, Counts of Valois and then the Counts of Meulan before passing to the House of Harcourt. ...

; * Armand Jules de Rohan (10 February 1695 – 28 August 1762) Archbishop-Duke of Reims, ''Premier Pair de France'', no issue; * ''Louis'' César ''Constantin'' de Rohan (24 March 1697 – 11 March 1779) Cardinal, no issue.

References and notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles Iii, Prince Of Guemene Princes of Guéméné French Roman Catholics 1727 deaths House of Rohan 17th-century French people 18th-century French people French nobility 1655 births Dukes of Montbazon