Roquelaure
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Commune of Roquelaure |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Auch |
| Canton | Auch-Nord-Ouest |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 106 m–239 m (avg. 228 m) |
| Land area¹ | 21.23 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
454 |
| - Density | 21/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 32348/ 32810 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Roquelaure is a commune of the Gers département, in France.
[edit] Title of nobility
Roquelaure is a title derived from the village, and borne by a French family of Armagnac, one member of which was Antoine, baron de Roquelaure (1544-1625), who was in the service of Henri IV before he became king, and after his accession was made master of the wardrobe, lieutenant-general in Auvergne (1576) and Guienne (1610), and marshal of France in 1614.
His son, Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (1617-1683), a celebrated wit, was created duke and peer of France in 1652, and was appointed governor of Guienne in 1679.
Gaston's son, Antoine Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (1656-1738), carried on the family reputation for wit, and, in spite of his military incapacity, received the marshal's baton in 1724.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
