House of Rochechouart

Rochechouart is a collateral line of the house of Limoges, the already seceded by 980. The house Rochechouart is therefore - in addition to the royal family - the oldest existing family of France.

In the 13th century the family divided again: the older line is that of the viscounts of Rochechouart, the younger line of the Dukes of the Morte Mart.

The best known family members are:

• Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Morte Mart (1636-1688), Marshal of France
• Françoise- Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Morte Mart, marquise de Montespan (1640-1707), the mistress of Louis XIV
• Marie- Madeleine de Rochechouart (1645-1704), Abbess of Fontevraud
• Casimir Louis de Rochechouart de Morte Victurnien Mart (1787-1875), 1830 Prime Minister
• Louis -Victor- Léon de Rochechouart (1788-1858), Governor of Paris

Short stem list

First generations

The Viscount de Rochechouart Aimery IX.

The lines Le Bourdet and Le Chandenier

The line Faudoas

The current senior line to the end of the 18th century

The current senior line from the 19th century

The line Mortemart

The Dukes of Mortemart

The Marquise de Montespan, nee de Rochechouart de Morte Mart, mistress of Louis XIV (1640-1707)