Philibert de Gramont
Philibert de Gramont (* 1621, † January 30, 1707 ), since 1679 comte de Toulongeon, was a French officer, court, and nobleman at the court of Louis XIV, he was primarily known for his love of adventure and left memoirs, which is a valuable image passed from court life in the 17th century.
Life
Philibert was the son of Antoine II de Gramont and a younger half-brother of Marshal Antoine III. de Gramont.
He was destined from childhood for holy orders, "but was the same In an acceptable not to move, but those pleasures, noteably the games, to the utmost result " ( Zedler, 1733). He entered the army, initially served under Condé, to whose party he belonged during the Fronde, and then under Marshal Turenne. He took part in the battles of 1643, Freiburg im Breisgau, Nördlingen, Lens and the abandonment of the siege of Arras in the siege of Trino and in the following years, but did not get on, since Cardinal Mazarin it was not well disposed. In 1654 he was reconciled with the French royal court and it was one of the main members.
1662 Gramont was expelled from the court because he did not want to end an affair with Mademoiselle de La Mothe- Houdancourt to which the king himself had his eye. Gramont went to England to the court of King Charles II, where he also enjoyed great prestige. In England he married Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Donalang, and granddaughter of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, with which he returned in 1664 to France. After he had again reconciled with the French court, he accompanied the King in 1668 in the Franche -Comté, 1672 in the Netherlands and participated in the siege of Maastricht, Cambrai and Namur.
The Count of Toulongeon, his brother Henri ( † 1679 ), made him an heir and the king made him a Lieutenant General ( Lieutenant General ) of Bearn. This dignity appeared Gramont later from his cousin, the Marquis de Feuquieres.
Gramont died at the age of 86.
Progeny
His marriage to Elizabeth Hamilton ( June 3, 1708 † ) Two daughters were born:
Works
Philibert de Gramont left Mémoires du chevalier de Gramont, which were edited by his brother Anthony Hamilton and London in 1713, and again in 1866 in Paris, edited by Sainte -Beuve.