Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure

Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure (1656-6 May 1738) was a French nobleman and Marshal of France. He was also grandson to another Marshal, Antoine de Roquelaure.

Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure

He was the son of Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (1615-1683), Duke of Roquelaure and his wife Charlotte du Lude (died 1657).

On 19 May 1683 he married Marie-Louise de Laval-Lezay, daughter of Guy-Urbain de Laval-Montmorency (1657-1735), with whom he had two daughters :

  1. Françoise (1683-1740) who married (1708), Louis Bretagne de Rohan (1679-1738), Prince of Léon then Duke of Rohan ;
  2. Élisabeth (1696-1752) who married (1714), Charles Louis of Lorraine, "Count of Marsan" (1696-1755), Prince of Mortagne and Lord of Pons.

According to Saint-Simon, he was "pleasant company"

Bibliography
  • Michel Popoff et préface d'Hervé Pinoteau, Armorial de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit : d'après l'œuvre du père Anselme et ses continuateurs, Paris, Le Léopard d'or, 1996, 204 p. (ISBN 2-86377-140-X)

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