Henri Chabot
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Henri Chabot was a French nobleman and Duke of Rohan
Duke of Rohan
-House of Rohan:-House of Chabot:-House of Rohan-Chabot:The title prince de Léon is used a a courtesy title until the succession of the duke....

 by marriage and then in his own right. His wife was the heiress Marguerite de Rohan
Marguerite de Rohan, Duchess of Rohan
Marguerite de Rohan was a French noblewoman and Duchess of Rohan in her own right. She married Henri Chabot for love and the couple produced 4 children...

, daughter of Henri, Duke of Rohan. He is sometimes known as Henri de Chabot.

Biography

Henri was the son of Charles Chabot and Henriette de Lur-Saluces. He was the Seigneur of Sainte-Aulaye. His great grand father was Guy Chabot, a member of old Poitevin nobility, Baron of Jarnac and a key member of the Coup de Jarnac.

On 6 June 1645 he married Marguerite de Rohan
Marguerite de Rohan, Duchess of Rohan
Marguerite de Rohan was a French noblewoman and Duchess of Rohan in her own right. She married Henri Chabot for love and the couple produced 4 children...

, sole heiress of the Duke of Rohan
Duke of Rohan
-House of Rohan:-House of Chabot:-House of Rohan-Chabot:The title prince de Léon is used a a courtesy title until the succession of the duke....

 and member of the powerful House of Rohan which claimed ancestry to the old Dukes of Brittany. According to Saint-Simon
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
Louis de Rouvroy commonly known as Saint-Simon was a French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs, was born in Paris...

, Marguerite was the greatest heiress in the kingdom. The couple had six children, three of which would have further children.

Issue

  • X de Rohan-Chabot
  • Marguerite Gabrielle Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot (d.17 June 1720) married Malo de Coëtquen, Marquis de Coëtquen and had issue;
  • Anne Julie de Rohan-Chabot
    Anne de Rohan-Chabot
    Anne de Rohan-Chabot was a French noble. A member of the House of Rohan, she was wife of the Prince of Soubise. It was she would bought the lordship of Soubise into the junior line of the Rohans. She was a short term mistress of Louis XIV...

    (1648 – 4 February 1709), Princess of Soubise
    Princess of Soubise
    - Princess of Soubise :...

    married François de Rohan
    François, Prince of Soubise
    François de Rohan was a member of the House of Rohan and founder of the houses Soubise. His wife Anne Julie de Rohan was the one time mistress of Louis XIV and mother of François 's own eleven children...

     and had issue; was mistress of Louis XIV;
  • Gilone de Rohan-Chabot (?) died in infancy;
  • Louis de Rohan-Chabot, Duke of Rohan, Prince of Léon (3 November 1652 – 17 August 1727) married Marie Elisabeth du Bec-Crespin de Grimaldi and had issue;
  • Jeanne Pelagie de Rohan-Chabot (d.18 August 1698) married Alexandre Guillaume de Melun, Prince of Epinoy and had issue; was grand mother of Anne Julie de Melun
    Anne Julie de Melun
    Anne Julie de Melun was a French noblewoman and mother of Charles de Rohan, the famous general of Louis XV as well as Madame de Marsan. She died of smallpox in her twenties.-Biography:...

    , Princess of Soubise
    Princess of Soubise
    - Princess of Soubise :...

     was wife of Jules de Rohan
    Jules, Prince of Soubise
    Jules de Rohan was a French nobleman and Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven.-Biography:...

    , a grandson of the above Anne
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