The House of Lévis or Lévis-Mirepoix is an old French noble family. The family originally came from the village of

Lévis-Saint-Nom Lévis-Saint-Nom is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or c ...

in the

Chevreuse Chevreuse () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Yvelines, Regions of France, administrative region of Île-de-France, north-central France. Geography Chevreuse is located south of Paris, in the m ...

valley, in the

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. One line of the family bore the title of

Duke of Ventadour Duke of Ventadour ( Fr.: ''duc de Ventadour'') was a noble title in the peerage of France granted to Gilbert de Lévis de Ventadour by Henry IV of France in 1589. It is named after the Château de Ventadour. List of dukes of Ventadour, 1589— ...

, created in 1589 by

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, while the other bore the title of Duke of Mirepoix, created in 1751 by

Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

Notable members

* Philippe de Levis (1435–1475), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Louis Charles de Lévis, Duke of Ventadour (1647–1717), French nobleman * Anne-Claude de Lévis (1692–1765), French antiquarian *

Gaston Pierre de Lévis Gaston-Pierre-Charles de Lévis-Lomagne, duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and Ambassador of Louis XV, was a French aristocrat. His family was established in Languedoc as Seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th cent ...

(1699–1757),

Marshal of France Marshal of France (, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to General officer, generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) ...

François Gaston de Lévis François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a French Royal Army officer. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of th ...

(1719–1787), Marshal of France * Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (1764–1830), French politician and

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Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix Antoine Pierre Marie François Joseph de Lévis-Mirepoix, 5th Duke of San Fernando Luis, GE (1 August 1884 in Léran, Ariège – 16 July 1981, in Lavelanet) was a French historian, novelist and essayist. He was known as duke of Lévis-M ...

(1884–1981), French historian, novelist and essayist * Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1887–1978), pen name Claude Silve, French writer

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