Hoose o La Tour d'Auvergne
The Hoose o La Tour d'Auvergne were a French nble faimilie. They had great power and wealth during the 17t an 18t century in Fraunce. The family claimed to rule the Duchy o Bouillon frae the year 1456. The duchy wis later ceded tae Fraunce on 26 October 1795. The family haed apartments at the Pailace o Versailles and a grand tounhoose in Paris (now destroyed). Louis de Rouvroy, Duke o Saint Simon described them aa ane o the most arrogant faimilies in Fraunce. after the French Revolution the duchy wis confiscated an Léopold wis the last Duke o Bouillon, and following the Napoleonic Wars the duchy wis absorbed intae the Grand Duchy o Luxembourg.
Dukes o Bouillon[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1555-1623)
- Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (1605-1652)
- Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (1636-1721)
- Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668-1730)
- Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (1706-1771)
- Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728-1792)
- Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne (1746-1802)
Ither well kent fowk[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Catherine de' Medici wis the dochter o Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne.
- Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Viscoont o Turenne (1611-1675), Marshal o Fraunce, younger brither o the second Duke o Bouillon.
- Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne the Princess o Beauvau an painted bi Jean Marc Nattier.
- Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne cried the Cardinal de Bouillon an a famous religious figure o his time.
- Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Coont o Évreux, who built the Hôtel d'Évreux in Paris the official residence o the President o the French Republic.
Ither wabsteids[eedit | eedit soorce]
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