Armand-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force
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Armand-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force (30 October 1580 – 10 May 1675) was a Marshal of France
and peer of France.
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
. Like his father, Armand-Nompar was a Protestant.
First Marquis de La Force, later Duc de la Force after the death of his father, he was made Grand Master of the Kings' garde-robe in 1637. He fought in the wars of Louis XIII and Louis XIV in Italy and Germany, and became a Marshal in 1652.
He married Jeanne de Rochefaton, dame de Saveilles and had two children
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.
Armand Nompar died in the castle de La Force in the Dordogne on 16 December 1675, without heir. The title of Duke de la Force went to his younger brother Henri-Nompar
.
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
and peer of France.
He was the son of another Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force
Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force
Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force was a marshal of France and peer of France.He was born in La Force, the son of Francois de Caumont and Philippes de Beaupoil....
and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron was a celebrated French soldier of the 16th century.-Biography:His family, one of the numerous branches of the House of Gontaut, took its title from the territory of Biron in Périgord, where on a hill between the Dropt and the Lide still stands the magnificent...
. Like his father, Armand-Nompar was a Protestant.
First Marquis de La Force, later Duc de la Force after the death of his father, he was made Grand Master of the Kings' garde-robe in 1637. He fought in the wars of Louis XIII and Louis XIV in Italy and Germany, and became a Marshal in 1652.
He married Jeanne de Rochefaton, dame de Saveilles and had two children
- 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.
Armand Nompar died in the castle de La Force in the Dordogne on 16 December 1675, without heir. The title of Duke de la Force went to his younger brother Henri-Nompar
Henri-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force
Henri-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force was Duc de La Force and peer of France. He was the son of Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron...
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