Choiseul (surname)
Choiseul is an illustrious family from Champagne, France, descendents of the comtes of Langres. The family's head was Renaud III de Choiseul, comte de Langres and sire de Choiseul, who in 1182 married Alix de Dreux, daughter of Louis VI of France. It has formed into the Langres, Clémont, Aigremont, Beaugré, Allecourt, Frontières, Praslin, Plessis branches, among others. It also took the name Choiseul-Gouffier from the 18th century onwards.
It has produced several marshals:
- Jean de Baudricourt(? - 1499), seigneur of Baudricourt and of Choiseul
- Charles de Choiseul, comte of the Plessis-Praslin (1563-1626), who served under Henri IV and Louis XIII
- César de Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, duc de Choiseul (1598-1675), who defied Turenne at Rethel (1650), when he commanded the Spanish army
- Caesar, duc de Choiseul (1602-1675), French marshal and diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as marshal du Plessis-Praslin
- Claude de Choiseul, comte de Choiseul-Francières (1632-1711), who distinguished himself in the battle of Seneffe against the Dutch Republic and made a marshal in 1693
Two bishops and an archbishop:
Also a famous minister, a diplomat, etc. :