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Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730)

Emmanuel Théodose
Duke of Bouillon
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730) while duc d'Albret.jpg
Emmanuel Théodose while the Duke of Albret
Born 1668
Died 17 April 1730 (aged 61–62)
Spouse Marie Armande de La Trémoille
Louise Françoise Angélique Le Tellier
Anne Marie Christiane de Simiane
Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine
Issue
Detail
Armande, Princess of Epinoy
Marie Hortense Victoire, Duchess of Thouars
Charles Godefroy, Duke of Bouillon
Frédéric Maurice Casimir, Prince of Turenne
Godefroy Girault, Duke of Château-Thierry
Anne Marie Louise, Princess of Soubise
Marie Charlotte, Princess of Craon
Full name
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne
House La Tour d'Auvergne
Father Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
Mother Marie Anne Mancini
Full name
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne

Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668 – 17 April 1730) was a French nobleman and ruler of the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon. He was the son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Marie Anne Mancini. He married four times and had eleven children.

Second son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Marie Anne Mancini, he was styled the Prince of Turenne till he succeeded to the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon which had been in his family's possession since 1594. His cousins included two famous generals, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme and Prince Eugene of Savoy as well as his paternal cousins like Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf and Henri, Duke of Elbeuf.

His older brother Louis Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne was the Prince of Turenne but died in the Battle of Steenkerque. Prior to being the Prince of Turenne (heir to the duchy of Bouillon) he was the Duke of Albret. He married Marie Armande de La Trémoille on 1 February 1696 in the chapel of the Hôtel de Crequi, Paris.

His second wife Louise Françoise Angélique Le Tellier, was a daughter of Louis François Marie Le Tellier, and as such, a grand daughter of the marquis de Louvois.

Married four time, his third wife Anne Marie Christiane de Simiane, died giving birth to the couples only child. It was thorough that union that he and his wife were ancestors of the murdered Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, his grandmother was Charlotte de Rohan, wife of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé.


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