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Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Count of Évreux

Louis Henri
Count of Évreux
Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne.jpg
Louis Henri by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1720
Born (1679-08-02)2 August 1679
Paris, France
Died 3 August 1753(1753-08-03) (aged 74)
Hôtel d'Évreux, Paris
Spouse Marie Anne Crozat
Full name
Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
House La Tour d'Auvergne
Father Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
Mother Marie Anne Mancini
Religion Roman Catholicism
Full name
Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne

Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (2 August 1679 – 3 August 1753) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Given the title comte d'Évreux at birth, he later became a lieutenant of the King's armies. He is sometimes called Henri Louis. He had no children and thus no descendants.

Born in Paris to Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, ruler of Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon and his Italian born wife Marie Anne Mancini. His maternal first cousins included the famous generals Prince Eugene of Savoy and Louis Joseph de Bourbon. His mother was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin.

He was married to Marie Anne Crozat (1696–1729), the eldest daughter of Antoine Crozat, marquis du Châtel, founder of an immense fortune, who was the first private proprietary owner of French Louisiana from 1712 to 1717.

The ceremony occurred on 3 August 1707 and the couple had no children. Marie Anne's uncle was Pierre Crozat, a well known art collector. Marie Anne bought a small dowry of 15,000 Livres, was aged twelve, while Louis Henri was thirty two.

Louis Henri was responsible for the construction of the Hôtel d'Évreux in Paris. He bought the site in 1718 from Armand-Claude Mollet who possessed a property fronting on the road to the village of Roule, west of Paris. In 1718, Louis Henri bought this property and transformed it into his private residence. Finished in 1722, it served as his main residence and seat during the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans for the infant Louis XV. Louis Henri and Philippe were good friends.

At his death, his Hôtel was sold to Louis XV who gave it to Madame de Pompadour. It was later the property of Bathilde d'Orléans, sister of Philippe Égalité.


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