Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert, 6th Duke of Luynes (4 November 1748 – 13 May 1807) was a French politician, nobleman and member of the

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. He was the sixth

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as well as

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Early life

Luynes was born in

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on 4 November 1748. He was the son of Charles Louis d'Albert, 5th Duke of Luynes (1717–1771) and Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli (1719–1782). His elder siblings were Charles Marie Léopold d'Albert,

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, and Marie Paule Angélique d'Albert (who married their cousin

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, 7th

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). His father was the only child of

Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes (30 July 1695 – 2 November 1758) held the title Duke of Luynes from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important memoir of life at the court of Louis XV. Early life Charles-Philippe was a grandson of C ...

and his wife Louise Léontine de Bourbon, Princess of Neuchatel (a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons). After his grandmother's death in 1721, his grandfather married

Marie Brûlart Marie Brûlart, ''duchesse de Luynes'' ( – 11 September 1763), was a French court official (''dame d'honneur'') and close friend and confidante to Louis XV's queen consort, Marie Leszczyńska, whom she attended at Versailles for nearly thirty y ...

(the widow of the Marquis de Charost, who became a

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to the Queen

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, consort of King

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Career

In 1768, his father transferred the title,

, to Louis Joseph. Three years later in 1771 upon his father's death, he succeeded as the 6th

as his elder brother, Charles, died unmarried in 1758. He was a

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, ''

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'', ''

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of the

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. The Duke was a Deputy to the

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as a member of the Second Estate (the nobility). After the Estates General was disbanded, some members of the Third Estate (the commoners) formed the

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and, against the wishes of the King, invited the other two estates to join; this signaled the outbreak of the French Revolution. After the Revolution, he was also a member of the

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(Conservative Senate) who were in service during the

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(the French empire which was ruled by

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Personal life

On 19 April 1768 Luynes married Guionne Élisabeth Joséphine de Montmorency-Laval (1755–1830), the daughter of Guy André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, 1st Duke of Laval. His maternal grandparents were François-Bernard de Narbonne, Count of Pelet and Adelaide Le Conte de Nonant de Pierrecourt. Together, they were the parents of: * Pauline Hortense d'Albert de Luynes (1774–1858), who married her cousin,

Mathieu de Montmorency Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency-Laval (10 July 1767 – 24 March 1826) was a French statesman during the French Revolution and Bourbon Restoration. He was elected as the youngest deputy to the Estates-General of ...

, 1st Duke of Montmorency-Laval. * Charles Marie d'Albert de Luynes (1783–1839), 7th Duke of Luynes, who married Françoise Ermessinde de Narbonne-Pelet, a daughter of Count Francois-Bernard de Narbonne de Pelet and Adelaide Le Conte de Nonant de Pierrecourt. The Duke died in Paris on 13 May 1807 was buried at the Panthéon de Paris. Upon his death in 1807, he was succeeded in the dukedom of Luynes by his son, Charles. His widow died in 1830 at the Château d'Esclimont.

Descendants

Through his daughter Pauline, he was a grandfather of Elisabeth-Hélène-Pierre de Montmorency Laval (1790–1834), who married Sosthènes I de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd

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. Through his son Charles, he was a grandfather of

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 ...

(1802–1867), who married Marie Françoise Dauvet de Maineville (a daughter of Gabriel Nicolas Dauvet, Marquis de Maineville).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luynes, Louis Joseph D'Albert De 1748 births 1807 deaths 18th-century French politicians 19th-century French politicians Luynes Members of the Sénat conservateur Commanders of the Legion of Honour