Antoine IX Héraclius-Agénor de Gramont, Duke de Guiche and then Duke of Gramont (17 June 1789 Versailles-3 March 1855 Paris) was a French aristocrat.
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De Gramont was the son of Antoine VIII de Gramont and Aglaé de Polignac, daughter of Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchesse de Polignac, a court favourite of Marie Antoinette.
Born in the year of the French Revolution, Antoine and his family left the country for England, Russia, Italy and Austria.
In Russia, when de Gramont was 9 years old, he was made lieutenant in the Tauride regiment, serving Suvorov, the Russian general. The young duc de Guiche met his father in Mittau, where he was with Louis XVIII. His sister, Aglaé Angélique Gabrielle, at that time married an older general, named Aleksandr Lvovich Davydov.
He then went to England to complete his education. After finishing his education, he fought under the British flag in the Peninsular War. After marrying Ida d'Orsay (the sister of Alfred d'Orsay) in 1818, his son Agenor was born a year later. Meanwhile his military career went well: he became a lieutenant-general in the French army in 1823, but he had to accompany the exiled king Charles X to Scotland in 1830.
He married Anna Quintina Ida Grimaud d'Orsay (19 June 1802-2 January 1882) in Paris on 23 July 1818.[1] They had children:
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| Preceded by Antoine Louis Marie |
Duke of Gramont 1836 - 1835 |
Succeeded by Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont |