Charles-Armand de Gontaut, duc de Biron

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Charles Armand de Gontaut, duc de Biron, great-grandson of Armand de Gontaut-Biron (1663-1756), was a French military leader who served with distinction under Louis XIV and Louis XV, and was made a Marshal of France by the latter.

He commanded the French vanguard at the Battle of Oudenaarde (1708), and noticed the first manoeuver of deviation by Marlborough. Nevertheless, opposed on his lines by numerical superior forces, he was unable to change the course of events the were to happen.

He married Marie-Antoinette, Duchesse de Lauzun and niece of Antoine Nompar de Caumont.
They had 14 children amongst whom

Louis Antoine de Gontaut (1700 - 1788), Marshal of France.
Charles-Antoine (1708 - 1800), Duc de Biron and father of Armand Louis de Gontaut.
Judith-Charlotte, married 07/05/1717 Claude Alexandre de Bonneval.
Geneviève, married 11/03/1720 Louis duc de Gramont, son of Antoine V de Gramont.