Jules François Louis de Rohan (16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and 3rd Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven.

Biography

Born in Paris to Hercule Mériadec de Rohan and his wife

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 ...

, as a member 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 ...

, he was entitled to the style of Highness. His mother was the only child of

Madame de Ventadour Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt, Duchess of Ventadour (Charlotte Eléonore Madeleine; 1654–1744) was a French office holder of the French Royal Court. She was the governess of King Louis XV of France, great-grandson of King Louis XIV. She ...

. At the age of seventeen, he married Anne Julie de Melun. The couple were wed in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

on 16 September 1714. His wife was a daughter of Louis de Melun and

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, herself a great granddaughter of

Henry IV of France Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 16 ...

and were the parents of five children. In May 1724, he and his wife caught

smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by Variola virus (often called Smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus '' Orthopoxvirus''. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (W ...

. Jules was first to succumb to the illness and was followed by his wife on 18 May.

Issue

# Charles de Rohan,

Prince of Soubise Within the French nobility, the title of "Prince of Soubise" was created in 1667 when the '' sirerie'' of Soubise, Charente-Maritime was raised to a principality for the cadet branch of the House of Rohan. The first prince was François de Rohan (16 ...

, Duke of Rohan-Rohan (16 July 1715 – 4 July 1787) married

Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1 August 1722 – 19 September 1739) was a French noblewoman and the wife of Charles de Rohan. She was Marchioness of Gordes and Countess of Moncha in her own right as well as Princess of Soubise by ma ...

(1722–1739) and had issue; married again to Princess Anna Teresa of Savoy (1717–1745) and had issue; married Landgravine Anna Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg (1728–1792) no issue; # François Armand Auguste de Rohan, ''cardinal de Soubise'', Prince of Tournon (1 December 1717–28 June 1758) #

Marie Louise de Rohan Marie Louise de Rohan (Marie Louise Geneviève; 7 January 1720 – 4 March 1803), also known as Madame de Marsan, was the governess of Louis XVI of France and his siblings. She was an influential figure of the French court and a driving forc ...

(7 January 1720 – 4 March 1803) married Gaston Jean Baptiste de Lorraine, Count of Marsan, no issue; brother of Mademoiselle de Marsan. #François Auguste de Rohan, Count of Tournon (16 September 1721 – 6 August 1736) never married; #René de Rohan, Abbot of Luxeuil (26 July 1723 – 7 February 1743) never married.

Ancestry

References and notes

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