Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes
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Charles Philippe d’Albert de Luynes (July 30, 1695 – November 2, 1758) held the title Duke of Luynes
from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important memoir
of life at the court of Louis XV.
Charles Philippe was a grandson of Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes
the Duke of Chevreuse
.
He was a great great grandson of the first Duke of Luynes, Charles d'Albert, and his wife Marie de Rohan, one of the leading members of the Fronde
. His grand mother Jeanne Marie Colbert was a daughter of the famous Jean Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of finance.
His aunt was great Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
, the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
. A second cousin was Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy
who lived in France and was the wife of Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignan.
Peer of France and cavalry officer, Charles Philippe d’Albert de Luynes married Marie Brulart
in 1732; she was the widow of the marquis de Charost, and became lady-in-waiting to the queen Maria Leszczyńska
. He was part of the intimate group that she called her "gentlefolk" (honnêtes gens). He wrote a journal of historic events and facts about the court, a work which has no pretention of literary merit, but is precious as a document for the study of the aristocratic society of his time.
His first marriage, on February 24, 1710, was to Louise Léontine de Bourbon (1696–1721), Princess of Neuchatel (a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons). Their son Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes and grandson Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert de Luynes had active military and political careers.
He died at the Château de Dampierre
and was buried at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.
Dukes of Luynes
The Duke of Luynes is a territorial name belonging to the noble French house of Albert. Luynes is, today, a commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France . The family of Albert, which sprang from Thomas Alberti The Duke of Luynes is a territorial name belonging to the noble French house of...
from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important memoir
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
of life at the court of Louis XV.
Charles Philippe was a grandson of Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes
Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes
Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes was a French nobleman and Duke of Luynes. He is best known as the Duke of Chevreuse till his fathers death in 1690. He was also the Duke of Chaulnes...
the Duke of Chevreuse
Duke of Chevreuse
Duke of Chevreuse was a French title of nobility, elevated from the barony of Chevreuse in 1545. Originally created for Jean de Brosse, Duc d'Étampes, it was transferred in 1555 to Charles of Guise, the Cardinal of Lorraine, and became a possession of the House of Guise, becoming the title of the...
.
He was a great great grandson of the first Duke of Luynes, Charles d'Albert, and his wife Marie de Rohan, one of the leading members of the Fronde
Fronde
The Fronde was a civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. The word fronde means sling, which Parisian mobs used to smash the windows of supporters of Cardinal Mazarin....
. His grand mother Jeanne Marie Colbert was a daughter of the famous Jean Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of finance.
His aunt was great Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue was a French noblewoman and the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia.-Biography:...
, the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II was Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. He also held the titles of marquis of Saluzzo, duke of Montferrat, prince of Piedmont, count of Aosta, Moriana and Nizza. Louis XIV organised his marriage in order to maintain French influence in the Duchy but Victor Amadeus soon broke away...
. A second cousin was Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy
Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy
Maria Vittoria of Savoy was an illegitimate daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his favourite mistress Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, estranged wife of Joseph Ignace Scaglia, Count of Verua. She was an ancestor of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and thus the whole present pretending...
who lived in France and was the wife of Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignan.
Peer of France and cavalry officer, Charles Philippe d’Albert de Luynes married Marie Brulart
Marie Brulart
Marie Brûlart , Duchess of Luynes, was a French courtier of Louis XV of France. The second wife of Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes, she was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen Maria Leszczyńska....
in 1732; she was the widow of the marquis de Charost, and became lady-in-waiting to the queen Maria Leszczyńska
Maria Leszczynska
Marie Leszczyńska was a queen consort of France. She was a daughter of King Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland and Catherine Opalińska. She married King Louis XV of France and was the grandmother of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X. In France, she was referred to as Marie Leczinska...
. He was part of the intimate group that she called her "gentlefolk" (honnêtes gens). He wrote a journal of historic events and facts about the court, a work which has no pretention of literary merit, but is precious as a document for the study of the aristocratic society of his time.
His first marriage, on February 24, 1710, was to Louise Léontine de Bourbon (1696–1721), Princess of Neuchatel (a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons). Their son Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes and grandson Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert de Luynes had active military and political careers.
He died at the Château de Dampierre
Château de Dampierre
The Château de Dampierre is the castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1675-1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of manageable size...
and was buried at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.
Ancestry
Works
- Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la Cour de Louis XV (1735–1758), Louis Dussieux and Eudoxe Soulié, eds., Paris, Firmin-Didot frères, 1860–1865.
Sources
- Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1286.