Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency-Laval
| Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency-Laval | |
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S.E. le duc de Laval-Montmorency in 1835
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| Born |
October 29, 1768 Paris |
| Died | June 16, 1837 (aged 68) Paris |
| Nationality |
 France
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| Occupation | Parliamentarian, diplomat, soldier |
| Known for |
Foreign minister, Ambassador of France |
Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency, duc de Laval (29 October 1768, Paris – 16 June 1837, Paris), was 3rd Duc de Laval and a peer of France.
He was an heir of the noble families of Montmorency and of , styled Marquis de Laval then Prince de Montmorency-Laval before succeeding to his father's titles in 1817. He was additionally created a grandee of Spain and .
Adrien de Montmorency-Laval was a French army officer, before serving as French foreign minister and as an ambassador during the Bourbon Restoration.
His father was Lieutenant-General , and his mother was Marie-Louise de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1750–1829).
Born in 1768 while his formidable great-grandfather, Marshal Guy-André-Pierre de Montmorency, the 1st duke was alive, Adrien was sent to be raised under the tuition of his uncle Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, Prince-Bishop of Metz and Grand Almoner of France in preparation for taking holy orders.
Shortly after starting at the seminary of the Saint-Sulpice in Paris, his elder brother Guy de Montmorency, marquis de Laval, died unexpectedly in 1786; he had married Pauline-Renée-Sophie de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson in 1784. His brother's death, prompted him to leave church training and participate in court life at Versailles.
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