Armand-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force
| Armand de Caumont | |
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Duc de La Force Marquis de La Force | |
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| Spouse(s) | Jeanne de Rochefaton |
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Issue
Charlotte de Caumont Jacques de Caumont | |
| Noble family | Caumont |
| Father | Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force |
| Mother | Charlotte de Gontaut |
| Born | 30 October 1580 |
| Died | 16 December 1675 (aged 95) |
Armand-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force (30 October 1580 – 16 December 1675) was a Marshal of France and peer of France.[1] He was the son of another Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron.[1] Like his father, Armand-Nompar was a Protestant.
Marriage and issue
He married as his first wife, Jeanne de Rochefaton, dame de Saveilles and had two children:[1]
- Charlotte de Caumont (1623–1666), married in 1651 Marshal Turenne, but died without children.
- Jacques de Caumont (1633–1661), without issue
Jeanne de Rochefaton died in 1667. On 12 December of the same year, Armand Nompar remarried with the 17-year old Louise de Belsunce who died from smallpox and without children on 7 December 1680.[1]
Career
Armand-Nompar de Caumont was made Grand Maître de la garde-robe in 1632, resigning in 1637.[1]He followed his father in most of his expeditions, became a maréchal de camp in 1625, defeated and captured General Colloredo Baccarat in 1636, had two horses killed under him at the siege of Hondarribia in 1638, became lieutenant général in 1641.[2] First marquis de La Force, later duc de La Force, he fought in the wars of Louis XIII and Louis XIV in Italy and Germany. He succeeded his father as duc de La Force and a peer of France and was sworn in as a Marshal of France on 29 August 1652 at Compiègne.[3]
He died at the Château de La Force in the Dordogne on 16 December 1675, without heir.[1] The title of Duc de La Force went to his younger brother Henri-Nompar.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Sainte-Marie 1728, p. 472.
- ↑ "LA FORCE (Armand de Caumont, duc de)". Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe sciècle. Laforce.be.
- ↑ Sainte-Marie 1728, pp. 465-466.
Sources
- "Armand de Caumont La Force". Généalogie Wailly. Gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Caumont, Jacques-Nompar de, Duc De La Force (1843). Mémoires authentiques de Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, maréchal de France, et de ses deux fils, les marquis de Montpouillan et de Castelnaut ... IV. Paris: Charpentier.
- "Les Derniers Seigneurs de Caumont". Histoire de Caumont. Mariefb.pagesperso–orange.fr. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- "La Force (Armand de Caumont, duc de)". Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe sciècle. Laforce.be. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Sainte-Marie, Anselme de and Sainte-Rosalie, Ange de (1728). Histoire de la Maison Royale de France, et des grands officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison de Roy: & des anciens Barons de Royaume IV (3rd ed.). Paris: Compaignies des Libraires. pp. 472,465–466.
External links
- Armand de Caumont La Force Family tree
- Seigneurs de Caumont-La Force Lineage of the lords of Caumont and Dukes of La Force