Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé
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Bonabes Jean Catherine Alexis, Marquis de Rougé (23 September 1751 La Bellière
La Bellière
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 - 9 July 1783) was a French colonel
Colonel
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, third Marquis de Rougé, died while returning to France from the American War of Independence
American Revolutionary War
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, on board of the French ship of the line "Le Zele".

Family

He had married Natalie Victurnienne, Marquise de Rougé
Natalie Victurnienne, Marquise de Rougé
Victurnienne Delphine Nathalie de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Rougé , was the daughter of the Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart.-Life:...

, née de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1759–1828), on 7 January 1777, in Paris; they had three children:
  • Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé (1778–1839)
  • Félix, Comte de Rougé (1779–1781)
  • Adrien, Comte de Rougé (1782–1838)
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