Antin
Encyclopedia
Antin is a commune
in the Hautes-Pyrénées
department in south-western France
. It was once a duchy owned by the House of Pardaillan de Gondrin, the family which Madame de Montespan married into.
The former Barony then Marquisate, was elevated to a duchy by Louis XIV (former lover of Mme de Montespan) in 1711 for Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
and was passed down his family till its extinction in 1757 at the death of Louis Antoine's great grandson Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin
(1727–1757) who died in Breme
during the Seven Years' War
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...
department in south-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was once a duchy owned by the House of Pardaillan de Gondrin, the family which Madame de Montespan married into.
The former Barony then Marquisate, was elevated to a duchy by Louis XIV (former lover of Mme de Montespan) in 1711 for Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin , marquis of Antin, Gondrin and Montespan , then 1st Duke of Antin was a French nobleman...
and was passed down his family till its extinction in 1757 at the death of Louis Antoine's great grandson Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1727-1757)
Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin was a French nobleman and great grandson of Madame de Montespan. He was styled the Marquis of Montespan. Born at Versailles, he was the eldest son of the Duke of Antin and Françoise Gillonne de Montmorency, herself a granddaughter of the maréchal de Luxembourg...
(1727–1757) who died in Breme
Breme
Breme is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km southwest of Milan and about 40 km west of Pavia...
during the Seven Years' War
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
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