Antoine Charles IV de Gramont
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Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache
(1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat.
He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont
and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
.
Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre
and Béarn
, and governor of Bayonne
.
He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
He married in 1668 Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – January 29, 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
They had two children :
After his wife death he married in 1710 Anne Baillet de La Cour.
Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache
(1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat.
He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont
and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
.
Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre
and Béarn
, and governor of Bayonne
.
He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
He married in 1668 Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – January 29, 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
They had two children :
After his wife death he married in 1710 Anne Baillet de La Cour.
Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache
(1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat.
He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont
and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
.
Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre
and Béarn
, and governor of Bayonne
.
He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
He married in 1668 Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – January 29, 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
They had two children :
After his wife death he married in 1710 Anne Baillet de La Cour.
Bidache
Bidache is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre, but it was a little principality after Antonio I proclaimed himself sovereign prince in 1570, until the French Revolution finished it.-External links:*...
(1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat.
He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont
Antoine III de Gramont
Antoine III Agénor de Gramont-Toulongeon, duc de Gramont, comte de Guiche, comte de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache, was a French military man and diplomat...
and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War, often called simply the Dutch War was a war fought by France, Sweden, the Bishopric of Münster, the Archbishopric of Cologne and England against the United Netherlands, which were later joined by the Austrian Habsburg lands, Brandenburg and Spain to form a quadruple alliance...
.
Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
and Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
, and governor of Bayonne
Bayonne
Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
.
He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
He married in 1668 Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – January 29, 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
They had two children :
- Antoine V de GramontAntoine V de GramontAntoine V de Gramont , Duke of Guiche, French military figure and member of the Gramont family. He was the oldest child of Antoine Charles IV de Gramont and Marie Charlotte de Castelnau. At the age of thirteen, he became a musketeer and by 1687 he had become head of his regiment and had married the...
(1672–1725), 4th Duke of Gramont. - Catherine-Charlotte (died 1739), married Louis François, duc de BoufflersLouis François, duc de BoufflersLouis François, Duc de Boufflers, Comte de Cagny was a Marshal of France....
After his wife death he married in 1710 Anne Baillet de La Cour.
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Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache
Bidache
Bidache is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre, but it was a little principality after Antonio I proclaimed himself sovereign prince in 1570, until the French Revolution finished it.-External links:*...
(1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat.
He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont
Antoine III de Gramont
Antoine III Agénor de Gramont-Toulongeon, duc de Gramont, comte de Guiche, comte de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache, was a French military man and diplomat...
and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War, often called simply the Dutch War was a war fought by France, Sweden, the Bishopric of Münster, the Archbishopric of Cologne and England against the United Netherlands, which were later joined by the Austrian Habsburg lands, Brandenburg and Spain to form a quadruple alliance...
.
Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
and Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
, and governor of Bayonne
Bayonne
Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
.
He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
He married in 1668 Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – January 29, 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
They had two children :
- Antoine V de GramontAntoine V de GramontAntoine V de Gramont , Duke of Guiche, French military figure and member of the Gramont family. He was the oldest child of Antoine Charles IV de Gramont and Marie Charlotte de Castelnau. At the age of thirteen, he became a musketeer and by 1687 he had become head of his regiment and had married the...
(1672–1725), 4th Duke of Gramont. - Catherine-Charlotte (died 1739), married Louis François, duc de BoufflersLouis François, duc de BoufflersLouis François, Duc de Boufflers, Comte de Cagny was a Marshal of France....
After his wife death he married in 1710 Anne Baillet de La Cour.
External links
Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache
Bidache
Bidache is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre, but it was a little principality after Antonio I proclaimed himself sovereign prince in 1570, until the French Revolution finished it.-External links:*...
(1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat.
He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont
Antoine III de Gramont
Antoine III Agénor de Gramont-Toulongeon, duc de Gramont, comte de Guiche, comte de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache, was a French military man and diplomat...
and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War, often called simply the Dutch War was a war fought by France, Sweden, the Bishopric of Münster, the Archbishopric of Cologne and England against the United Netherlands, which were later joined by the Austrian Habsburg lands, Brandenburg and Spain to form a quadruple alliance...
.
Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
and Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
, and governor of Bayonne
Bayonne
Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
.
He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
He married in 1668 Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – January 29, 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau.
They had two children :
- Antoine V de GramontAntoine V de GramontAntoine V de Gramont , Duke of Guiche, French military figure and member of the Gramont family. He was the oldest child of Antoine Charles IV de Gramont and Marie Charlotte de Castelnau. At the age of thirteen, he became a musketeer and by 1687 he had become head of his regiment and had married the...
(1672–1725), 4th Duke of Gramont. - Catherine-Charlotte (died 1739), married Louis François, duc de BoufflersLouis François, duc de BoufflersLouis François, Duc de Boufflers, Comte de Cagny was a Marshal of France....
After his wife death he married in 1710 Anne Baillet de La Cour.