Jules, Prince of Guéméné

Jules de Rohan (Jules Hercule Mériadec; 25 March 1726 – 10 December 1788) was Prince of Guéméné.[1] Born in Paris, he died in Carlsbourg in the Walloon Region of Belgium.

Jules
Prince of Guéméné
Born(1726-03-25)25 March 1726
Paris, France
Died10 December 1788(1788-12-10) (aged 62)
Belgium
SpouseMarie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
IssueHenri Louis, Prince of Guéméné
Names
Jules Hercule Mériadec de Rohan
HouseRohan
FatherHercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné
MotherLouise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan

Early life

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Jules was the oldest son of Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (1688–1757) and Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan (1704–1741).

His maternal grandparents were Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Prince of Soubise and Anne Geneviève de Lévis.

Personal life

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On 10 February 1743 he married Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1725–1793), daughter of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Maria Karolina Sobieska. Together, Jules and Marie Louise had one son:

The Prince of Guéméné died in Belgium in 1788.[2] His son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren fled to Bohemia before the French Revolution.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Levantal, Christophe (1996). Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790): dictionnaire prosographique, généalogique, chronologique, topographique et heuristique (in French). Eitions Maisonneuve & Larose. pp. 770–771. ISBN 978-2-7068-1219-4.
  2. ^ Leroy, Stéphen (1896). Notice armoríale & généalogique sur la maison de Bouillon-La Tour: accompagnée de tableaux généalogiques (in French). E. Jourdan. pp. 114, 157–159.