Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt, 3rd Duc d'Auerstaedt (August 9, 1829 – February 9, 1904) was a French

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of the Second Empire and restored to the extinct title as 3rd

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, a title originally held by his uncle

Louis Nicolas Davout Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (; 10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and t ...

. The title was resurrected by an Imperial edict of

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in 1864. He was the son of Charles Isidor Davout (1774-1854) and wife (married in 1824) Claire de Chevery (1804-1895). Davout was born to a Burgundian noble family and served in the

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from 1849 until 1877. He took part in Napoleon III's disastrous

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. He married on June 16, 1858 Jeanne Alice de Voize, by whom he had issue, three daughters and a son: * Napoléonie Jeanne Aimée Marguerite (

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, December 14, 1869-

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, March 25, 1952), married in

, June 26, 1890 Vicomte Marie Alexandre François Daru (

, July 25, 1852- Pau, October 31, 1921) * Marie-Mathilde (

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, September 10, 1871- Bizy, May 31, 1955), married in

, June 27, 1895 Joseph Gaspard Comte de Berthier-Bizy ( Bizy, July 14, 1866-

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, July 26, 1910) * Claire Marie Marguerite (

, August 28, 1873-

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, September 16, 1967), unmarried and without issue * ''Louis'' Nicolas Marie Bernard, 4th Duc d'Auerstedt (

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, March 24, 1877- Saint-Gaudens, March 1, 1958), married in

, February 20, 1902 Hélène Eugénie Françoise Marie Etignard de la Faulotte (

, September 10, 1880- Bellozanne, January 24, 1946), and had issue, fourteen children

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