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The Duchy of Montbazon is the area around Montbazon, near Tours, in France. During the Ancien Régime , Montbazon became a seigneurie held by the House of Rohan in the fifteenth century; was elevated to a comté in 1557, and raised to the level of a duchy in 1588.
- Hercule, Duke of Montbazon
Hercule, Duke of Montbazon. Hercule de Rohan (27 August 1568...
- Charles De Rohan
Charles III, Prince of Guéméné. Charles de Rohan (30...
- Category:Dukes of Montbazon
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- Hercule, Duke of Montbazon
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- Branches of The House of Rohan
- House of Rohan-Chabot
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The family of Rohan claimed descent from the first kings of Brittany, and even from the legendary ruler Conan Meriadoc. The Rohans were descended from the Viscounts of Porhoët. According to J.-P. Soubigou, the first known viscount, Guethenoc (fl. 1028), was probably Viscount of Rennes as well and connected to the nobility of the Loire region, but h...
From the 12th century to the 15th century, the Rohans kept securing and increasing their estates through marriages, acquisitions, inheritances, bequests and exchanges. Thus they became rivals of the Dukes of Brittany all through the Middle Ages, according to their interest, sometimes carrying out the most important charges of the Duchy faithfully, ...
The family of Rohan has a long documented history, with close ties to the Dukes of Brittany. For more detailed branches, see below.
Rohan-Guéméné branch
This branch was descended (c. 1375) from John I(1324-1396), Viscount of Rohan, and his wife Joan of Évreux (a.k.a. Joan of Navarre) (1339-1409). It is named after the town of Guémené-sur-Scorff (Morbihan). This branch of Rohan-Guéméné still exists through its junior branch, the Rohan-Rochefort family.
Rohan-Rochefort branch
This family is a junior branch of the Rohan-Guéméné branch through Charles de Rohan-Guémené, a.k.a. Charles de Rohan-Rochefort (1693-1766), who took the title of Prince of Rochefort. The family of Rohan-Rochefort, who migrated to Austria in the early 19th century is nowadays the last remaining branch of the House of Rohan. It holds the genuine titles of Duke of Montbazon (France 1588), Duke of Bouillon (1816) (Vienna congress), Prince of Rohan, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Serene Highn...
Rohan-Soubise branch
This family is descended from the Rohan-Guéméné branch in 1630, the estates of Soubise in Poitou and the Parc-Soubise, in Mouchamps (Vendée), coming from the Rohan-Chabotfamily through an alliance between the two branches. Charles de Rohan-Soubise, a.k.a. the Marshal of Soubise (1715-1787), Prince of Soubise and Marshal of France, and his daughter Charlotte Godefride Élisabeth de Rohan-Soubise (1737-1760), wife of the Prince of Condé Louis V Joseph de Bourbon-Condé(1736-1818) belonged to this...
The House of Rohan-Chabot is the eldest branch of the Chabot family, from Poitou. It is descended from the House of Rohan in female line through the marriage of Marguerite de Rohan (1617-1684) (only daughter and heiress of Henry II, Duke of Rohan) with Henri Chabot (1616-1655), from the eldest branch of the Chabot de Jarnac family, in 1645. Henri C...
Marguerite de Rohan (v. 1330–1406) and her husband the Constable of Clisson.Pierre de Rohan-Guéméné, also known as Marshal of Gié (1451-1513), Marshal of France.Several members of the Rohan-Guéméné family migrated to Sychrov Castle in North Bohemia, Austria, and were naturalized. After this branch became extinct in 1846, the princes of Rohan-Rochefort younger branch inherited the properties in Bohemia but were deprived of them in 1945, following the Beneš decrees. They also inherited the titles Serene High...
The mascles on the arms of the House of Rohan refer to crystal twinnings, which are large crystals of chiastolite (andalusite) that develop in Ordovician schists. They are almost square-sectioned prisms. These stones, which were called appelées pendant des siècles "mascles", abound in the Salles de Rohan, so much that the Viscounts of Rohan, strick...
The members of the Rohan family were first styled viscount of Porhoët, the viscount of Rohan and were granted the following titles: 1. Comte de Montbazon (1566) 2. Prince de Guéménée (1570) 3. Duchesse de Loudun (1579) title held in her lifetime by Françoise de Rohan, daughter of René I of Rohan 4. Duc-pair de Montbazon (1588 et 1594) 5. Duc de Roh...
Rohan Castle in Saverne (now a museum)Josselin Castle (Morbihan)- Charles VI Raoul de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon
- Duchy of Brittany
Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (13 November 1688 – 21 December 1757) was a prince étranger and the sixth Duke of Montbazon in France, "Prince de Guéméne" being the title he bore prior to inheriting the dukedom. Lineage. Born to Charles de Rohan and his wife, Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet, he was the couple’s third child and second son. [1] .
- 13 November 1688
- Louise-Gabrielle de Rohan-Soubise
Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes (7 October 1646 – 5 November 1712) was a French nobleman and Duke of Luynes. He is best known as the Duke of Chevreuse, his family's subsidiary title which he used until his father's death in 1690. He was a high-ranking French official under King Louis XIV .
