Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke o Belle-Isle

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Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet
Duke o Belle-Isle
The Duke o Belle-Isle bi unknown artist.
Full name
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet
Born22 September 1684
Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Fraunce
Dee'd22 Januar 1761 (aged 76)
Versailles, Fraunce
Spoose(s)Henriette Françoise de Durfort
Marie Casimire de Béthune
Issue
FaitherLouis Fouquet, Marquis o Belle-Isle
MitherCatherine Agnès de Lévis
Seegnatur

Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke o Belle-Isle (22 September 1684 – 26 Januar 1761) wis a French nobleman an duke. He wis an aa a Marshal o Fraunce frae 1741. He wis an aa the "Minister o Defence" in Fraunce for Keeng Louis XV frae 1758 till Januar 1761. He wis kent as the maréchal de Belle-Isle (maréchal-duc de Belle-Isle)

Background[eedit | eedit soorce]

Charles Louis wis the son o Louis Fouquet, Marquis o Belle-Isle an his wife Catherine Agnès de Lévis.

Mairiages[eedit | eedit soorce]

He mairit twice.

  • On Mey 20 1721, Belle-Isle mairit Henriette Françoise de Durfort but haed no childer
  • In 1729, the Duke o Belle-Isle mairit Marie Casimire de Béthune an thay haed ane son;

Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Louis Marie Fouquet, Coont o Gisors 27 Mairch 1732 - 26 Juin 1758) mairit Hélène Mancini (dochter o the last Duke Nevers, an relation o Cardinal Mazarin) but haed nae issue.

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