Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668 – 17 April 1730) was a French nobleman and ruler of the Sovereign

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. He was the son of

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (21 June 1636 – 26 July 1721) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of the most important families in France at the time. He married Marie Anne Manc ...

and his wife

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. He married four times and had eleven children.

Biography

Second son of

and his wife

, he was styled the ''Prince of Turenne'' till he succeeded to the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon which had been in his family's possession since 1594. His cousins included two famous generals,

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and

Prince Eugene of Savoy Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736), better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty durin ...

as well as his paternal cousins like Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf and

Henri, Duke of Elbeuf Henri de Lorraine (7 August 1661–17 May 1748) was Duke of Elbeuf and member of the House of Lorraine. He succeeded his father Charles de Lorraine to the Duchy-Peerage of Elbeuf. He was also a Peer of France. Biography Born to Charles III, Duk ...

. His older brother Louis Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne was the Prince of Turenne but died in the

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. Prior to being the Prince of Turenne (heir to the duchy of Bouillon) he was the Duke of Albret. He married Marie Armande de La Trémoille on 1 February 1696 in the chapel of the Hôtel de Crequi, Paris. His second wife

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, was a daughter of

Louis François Marie Le Tellier Louis François Marie Le Tellier, Marquis of Barbezieux (23 June 1668 – 5 January 1701) was a French statesman. Biography Born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire (Charente), he was the third son of the François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, ...

, and as such, a grand daughter of the '' marquis de Louvois''. Married four times, his third wife Anne Marie Christiane de Simiane, daughter of François de Simiane, Count de Monchadied and Anne-Marie Thérèse de Simiane, Marquise de Gordes, died giving birth to the couples only child. It was thorough that union that he and his wife were ancestors of the murdered Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, his grandmother was Charlotte de Rohan, wife of

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. He succeeded his father as the

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. His uncle was the

Cardinal de Bouillon Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon (24 August 1643 – 2 March 1715, Rome) was a French prelate and diplomat. Biography Originally known as the Duc d'Albret, he was the son of Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne ...

and his great uncle was the famed

Vicomte de Turenne Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne (), was a French general and one of only six marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of th ...

. From his first marriage, three sons were produced, the eldest two dying in infancy. He was succeeded by his third son from his first marriage Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne.

Marriages and issue

His first wife, ''

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'' (1677–1717) was a daughter of

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and Madeleine de Créquy. They married on 1 February 1696 and had seven children; # Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne (28 August 1697 – 13 April 1717) married Louis de Melun, Prince of Epinoy, Duke of Joyeuse (1694–1724) #Marie Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (22 October 1698 – 25 September 1699) died in infancy; #X de La Tour d'Auvergne (28 December 1699–30 December 1699) died in infancy; #Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Turenne (4 May 1701 – 9 January 1705) died in infancy; # Frédéric Maurice Casimir de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Turenne (24 October 1702 – 1 October 1723) married Maria Carolina Sobieski, daughter of James Louis Sobieski and sister of Clementina Sobieski; died in an accident at

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; no issue; # Marie Hortense Victoire de La Tour d'Auvergne (27 January 1704 – 1741) married

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and had issue; # Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (16 July 1706 – 24 October 1771) married his brother's widow Maria Karolina Sobieski and had issue; Married secondly to ''

Louise Françoise Angélique le Tellier Louise most commonly refers to: * Louise (given name) Louise or Luise may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Songs * Louise (Maurice Chevalier song), "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 * "Louise", by The Yardbirds from the album ''Five ...

'' (d.1719), a grand daughter of Louvois, the couple married on 4 January 1718 and had a son; #Godefroy Girault de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Château-Thierry (2 July 1719 – 29 May 1732) died in infancy; Thirdly he married ''Anne Marie Christiane de Simiane'' (d.1722) on 26 May 1720. They had a daughter; # Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1 August 1722 – 19 September 1739) married Charles de Rohan, had one daughter Charlotte de Rohan; Lastly he married '' Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine'' (1707–1737), daughter of Anne Marie Joseph de Lorraine and Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille. The couple married on 21 March 1725 and had a daughter; # Marie Sophie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne (20 December 1729 – 6 September 1763) married Charles Just de Beauvau, son of Marc de Beauvau, Prince of Craon and had issue.

Ancestry

References and notes

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