Auguste Marie Raymond, Prince d'Arenberg, Comte de la Marck
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The Most Excellent Count of La Marck |
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Member of the Constituent Assembly for Nord |
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In office 9 July 1789 – 30 September 1791 |
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| Preceded by | Himself at the Estates General |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Joseph Duhem |
| Constituency | Le Quesnoy |
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Deputy to the Estates General for the Second Estate |
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In office 6 May 1789 – 9 July 1789 |
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| Constituency | Hainaut |
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Auguste Marie Raymond 30 August 1753 Brussels, Austrian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 26 September 1833 (aged 80) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | French/Belgian |
| Political party | National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Françoise Le Danois (m. 1774; d. 1810) |
| Children | Ernst Engelbert |
| Parents | The Duke of Arenberg and Louise Marguerite, Countess of La Marck |
| Profession | Military officer, diplomat |
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| Allegiance |
 France Austria Netherlands
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French Royal Army Austrian Imperial Army Royal Netherlands Army |
| Years of service | 1773–1815 |
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Field Marshal Generalmajor Lieutenant general |
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Prince Auguste Marie Raymond d'Arenberg, Count of La Marck Grandee of Spain (30 August 1753 – 26 September 1833), was the second son and fourth child of Charles, 5th Duke of Arenberg, the head of the House of Arenberg (and who still held the rank of sovereign princes).
Born on 30 August 1753 at Brussels, where his father resided. The duke, who had served with great distinction during the Seven Years' War, and was a field-marshal in the Austrian army, originally intended Prince Auguste for the same service, in which, indeed, he began his career at the age of fifteen; but certain family circumstances altered his destination.
Louis Engelbert, Comte de La Marck, the last of his name, and the father-in-law of Charles, 5th Duke of Arenberg, was the proprietor of a regiment of German infantry in the service of France, and, having no son, proposed that Prince Auguste should enter the French service, offering, if he did so, to give him the regiment which it was in his power to dispose of. The proposition was accepted, and it was further arranged that on the death of his maternal grandfather, the young prince should take the title of Comte de La Marck, by which he subsequently became known. The family of Arenberg had constantly borne arms in the Austrian army, but belonging to a sovereign house, they were free to take service wherever they pleased; the Duke d'Arenberg, however, who stood high in the estimation of the Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa, judged it advisable to obtain her consent to this change in the career of his son. The request was made at the very moment when the marriage was decided on between the Archduchess Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin of France; and the empress, in acceding to it, strongly recommended the Prince of Arenberg to her daughter. He was accordingly presented in due form to Louis XV, assisted at all the fêtes which were given on the occasion of the marriage, was warmly welcomed by the dauphine, and honored by a kindness and confidence never afterwards withdrawn. Consequently, La Marck was a zealous defender of Marie Antoinette, whom he endeavored to represent as much less disposed towards political interference—until the gravity of events compelled her to interfere—than she has often described during his later life.
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