Jules, Prince of Guéméné
Jules Hercule de Rohan Mériadec, 7th Duke of Montbazon and 8th Prince de Guéméné ( born March 25, 1726 Paris, † 1800). He was the son of Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (1688-1757), 7th Prince de Guéméné, and Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan.
Biography
His younger brother was Louis René Édouard de Rohan Guéméné, the " Cardinal de Rohan ," said the Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg. At a young age he was called "Prince de Montbazon " before he in 1726 took up his father's legacy and Duc de Montbazon and Prince de Guéméné was. As a soldier, he bore the title of Field Marshal.
In 1743 he married Marie -Louise de La Tour d' Auvergne ( 1725-1793 ), daughter of Charles Godefroi de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, from which he had a son, Henri Louis Marie de Rohan, the later 9 Prince de Rohan - Guéméné. Marie Louise de La Tour d' Auvergne is known as Madame de Guéméné, and was the official governess of the children of King Louis XVI.
The Prince de Guéméné and Madame de Guéméné but were not in their official functions however, but. By the splendor of their festivities, the splendor of her palace and her exuberant waste Your financial expense was so great that the couple in 1783 produced a scandalous bankruptcy: its debt amounted to 33 million, the settlement could not be completed until 1792. The Prince de Guéméné fell into disgrace, his wife had to leave their duties at court. The scandal, which was triggered by the bankruptcy, only came to rest when his brother in 1785 fell on the collar affair.
The Princesse de Guéméné was executed in 1793; her husband died in 1800. Both son and his family left the country, and founded the Austrian line of Rohan.
- Military person (France )
- Duke ( Montbazon )
- Prince ( Guéméné )
- Rohan ( noble )
- Born in 1726
- Died in 1800
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