| Charles | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Guéméné | |
| Spouse | Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet Marie Anne d'Albert |
| Issue | |
| François Armand, Prince of Montbazon Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné Charles, Prince of Rochefort Armand Jules, Archbishop of Reims Louis Constantin, Archbishop of Strasbourg |
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| Full name | |
| Charles de Rohan | |
| Father | Charles de Rohan |
| Mother | Jeanne Armande de Schomberg |
| Born | 30 September 1655 |
| Died | 10 October 1727 (aged 72)[1] |
Charles de Rohan (30 September 1655 – 10 October 1727) was a French noble man and Duke of Montbazon. He is known by his other title, Prince of Guéméné. He was the son of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne Armande de Schomberg.
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Born Charles de Rohan, his father was Prince of Guéméné and one of the most senior Foreign prince at court. The House of Rohan claimed their ancestry back to the Dukes of Brittany and were given the prestigious rank of Foreign Princes in the early 17th century.
His mother was Jeanne Armande de Schomberg. She was a daughter of Henri de Schomberg who was a Marshal of France. He was the eldest of four children.
He married twice. Firstly married to Marie Anne d'Abert, daughter of Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes and Anne de Rohan. Her half sister was Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, mistress of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy. She was the grand daughter of Marie de Rohan, the famous duchesse de Chevreuse; as such they were second cousins sharing the same great grand parents. The couple were married on 19 February 1678 and had no children. Marie Anne died in 1679 aged just sixteen.
Charles was then wed to Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet (styled Mademoiselle de Vauvineux prior to marriage) on 30 November 1679, just nine months after Marie Anne death. The new couple had six children.
He held the subsidiary titles of Count of Sainte-Maure, of La Haye and of La Nouatre.[1]
He died at the Château de Rochefort-en-Beauce aged seventy two. He was succeeded by his son. His third son was the founder of the Rochefort line of the House of Rohan.[1] His male line descendants currently live in Austria, having fled France during the French Revolution.[1]