Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan
| Hercule Mériadec | |||||
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| Duke of Rohan-Rohan Prince of Soubise |
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| Born |
8 May 1669 Paris, France |
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| Died | 26 January 1749 (aged 79) Rue de Paradis, Paris France |
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| Spouse |
Marie Sophie de Courcillon Anne Geneviève de Lévis |
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| Issue Detail |
Louise Françoise, Duchess of La Meilleraye Charlotte Armande, Abbess of Jouarre Jules, Prince of Soubise Marie Isabelle, Duchess of Tallard Louise, Princess of Guéméné |
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| Father | François de Rohan | ||||
| Mother | Anne Julie de Rohan | ||||
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| Hercule Mériadec de Rohan |
Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (8 May 1669 – 26 January 1749), styled Duke of Rohan-Rohan (from 1717), was a member of the princely House of Rohan. He married twice and was the grandfather of the Maréchal de Soubise. His first wife was the daughter of Madame de Ventadour. He is known in contemporary texts as the prince de Rohan.
Born in Paris, he was the fourth of eleven children of François de Rohan and Anne Julie de Rohan, whose marriage gave rise to the Soubise line of the House of Rohan. His family claimed ancestry from the regining Dukes of Brittany and at the French court, were allowed the rank of Foreign Prince. This entitled them to the style of Highness and other privileges at court.
His mother was one time mistress of Louis XIV. At the time, it was suspected that his younger brother Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan was in fact fathered by Louis XIV. Hercule Mériadec's mother bought the Lordship of Soubise to the family, styling themselves as Prince. Anne Julie herself was Princess of Soubise suo jure.
The second son, Hercule Mériadec became heir apparent in 1689 at the death of his elder brother Louis, who died aged 22. He was styled Prince of Maubuisson (prince de Maubuisson) till 1714 when he was made the Duke of Rohan-Rohan (as opposed to the Duke of Rohan, the title held by his cousins).
He married twice, firstly to Anne Geneviève de Lévis, daughter of Louis Charles de Lévis and Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt (better known as Madame de Ventadour, governess of the young Louis XV). Anne Geneviève had been widowed in 1692 having married Louis de La Tour d'Auvergne, son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and Marie Anne Mancini. He died in battle and she and Hercule Mériadec were married in Paris on 15 February 1694.
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