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20-496: (Redirected from Rochefoucauld ) La Rochefoucauld may refer to: People [ edit ] Alexandre, comte de La Rochefoucauld (1767–1841), married Adélaïde de Pyvart de Chastullé , a San Domingo heiress allied to the Beauharnais family . Mme de La Rochefoucauld became dame d'honneur to the empress Josephine , and their eldest daughter married Francesco Borghese [fr],

40-520: A brother-in-law of Pauline Bonaparte , Princess Borghese. La Rochefoucauld became ambassador successively to Vienna (1805) and to The Hague (1808–1810), where he negotiated the union of the Kingdom of Holland with France. During the " Hundred Days " he was made a peer of France . He subsequently devoted himself to philanthropic work, and in 1822 became deputy to the Chamber of Deputies and sat with

60-577: A commune in the Charente département in France See also [ edit ] Duc de La Rochefoucauld Établissement La Rochefoucauld , a school in Paris Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title La Rochefoucauld . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

80-575: A member of his department's directory after the Constituent Assembly split. Early July he opposed Pétion and Louis Pierre Manuel and after the events of 10 August 1792 he resigned and left Paris to escape the people's anger. He was arrested at Gisors whilst escorting his wife and mother from Forges to the château de La Roche-Guyon , accompanied by Dolomieu . He was killed on 4 September 1792 by volunteer troops from Sarthe and Orne who were hunting aristocrats whilst en route to fight

100-444: The dame d'atours , Émilie de Beauharnais , and the dame du palais : Jeanne Charlotte du Lucay , Madame de Rémusat , Elisabeth Baude de Talhouët, Lauriston, d'Arberg, Marie Antoinette Duchâtel, Sophie de Segur, Séran, Colbert, Savary and Aglaé Louise Auguié Ney. As dame d'honneur it was her task to supervise the ladies-in-waiting, organize the household of the empress, decide about the visits, invitations and presentations. She

120-777: The American Revolution , befriending and translating for Benjamin Franklin - in Paris in 1783 he and Franklin published Constitutions des Treize États-Unis de l'Amérique ( Constitutions of 13 United States of America ). He was also passionate about natural sciences and travelled to England, Sweden (where he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ), Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Savoy. His friends also included Desmarest , Dolomieu , Saussure , Turgot , Condorcet . He served as president of

140-741: The Société royale de médecine and the Académie royale des sciences . In 1786, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society . He was elected as a deputy to the Estates General of 1789 and was one of the 47 deputies from the nobility who joined forces with the Third Estate on 25 June 1789. He proposed article XI of the 1789 Declaration, that article was adopted. Worried by the turn of events, he became

160-581: The constitutional royalists . He was again raised to the peerage in 1831. His descendants became Dukes of Estissac and Princes of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel . Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1841), soldier and minister of Charles X Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (before 1552 – after 1569), French knight Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (1862–1959) , 19th century Rosicrucian Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (1712–1800), French bishop and cardinal Dominique, Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel (born 1950), diplomat, Grand Hospitalier of

180-583: The dames de palais , d'Arenberg, while the post of dame d'honneur of empress Marie Louise went to the Duchess of Montebello . Her descendants include the Dukes of Estissac and the Princes de La Rochefoucauld -Montbel (Dominique and his son Gabriel). Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld d%27Enville Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (4 July 1743 – 4 September 1792)

200-488: The Catholic Church François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) (1613–1680), French author noted for his maxims and memoirs François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre (1672–1739) François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747–1827), social reformer François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1848) Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld (1701–1757), French cardinal of

220-638: The Catholic Church, Archbishop of Bourges Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1779–1863), politician Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye (1707–1746), French naval commander Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (1931–2011), French screenwriter and television director Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld d'Enville (1743–1792), French aristocrat and politician Robert de La Rochefoucauld (1923–2012), French count and special operations executive Places [ edit ] La Rochefoucauld, Charente ,

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240-544: The Imperial palace. When Josephine was divorced from Napoleon in January 1810, Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld applied to the emperor to be allowed to continue in her position as dame d'honneur for the next empress, Marie Louise of Austria . Napoleon was however shocked by her request, regarded it as disloyalty toward Josephine, and asked Josephine to dismiss her. She was replaced as the dame d'honneur of Josephine by one of

260-650: The Order of Malta, President of the French association, Chancellor of the « Académie des Psychologues du Goût » Edmée de La Rochefoucauld (1896-1991), French activist Emmanuel, Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel (1883-1974), diplomat, ambassadeur, owner of the Grottes de Lascaux with his marriage to Simone Darblay François III de La Rochefoucauld (1521–1572), French courtier and soldier François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal) (1558–1645), French cardinal of

280-536: The Prussians, who were aiming to capture Verdun . The city authorities and Dolomieu tried in vain to save him. In 1762, he married Louise-Pauline de Gand de Mérode (1747–1771), a daughter of Alexandre Maximilien Balthasar de Gand Vilain de Mérode and Elisabeth Pauline Marguerite Françoise de La Rochefoucauld. Also in 1762, he inherited the title of Duke of La Rochefoucauld on the death of his grandfather Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld . They had no children. After

300-432: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Rochefoucauld&oldid=1178882141 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde de Pyvart de Chastull%C3%A9 She

320-457: The oldest and most famous French noble families, originating in La Roche in the 10th-11th centuries. He was the only son of Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld de Roye , who was killed in the 1746 Duc d'Anville expedition , and Marie-Louise-Nicole de La Rochefoucauld, eldest daughter of Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld . He was one of the keenest French defenders of

340-663: Was a French nobleman and politician who was a major lord under the Ancien Régime . He also played a political role in 1789 early on in the French Revolution before being executed in the September Massacres . He was a duke, initially with the title 'duc d'Enville' or 'duc d'Anville' and later with that of 6th duc de La Rochefoucauld. La Rochefoucauld was born into the House of La Rochefoucauld , one of

360-545: Was born in Paris as the heiress of a rich plantation owner from Saint Domingue . Her father was allied to the Beauharnais family, and she married Alexandre, comte de La Rochefoucauld (1767–1841), in Paris on 9 June 1788. She had three sons and one daughter. Her daughter later married Francesco Borghese  [ fr ] , a brother-in-law of Pauline Bonaparte , Princess Borghese. She had reportedly been an acquaintance of Josephine since before she became an empress. She

380-473: Was described as highly efficient in her task. Described as a haughty grande dame and as an ancien regime royalist she is said to have cowed the emperor in to silence at times. Napoleon disliked her and called her "a little cripple, as stupid as she is ugly". According to Laure Junot , she never actually enjoyed her position and had to be persuaded by Josephine to accept it. It is noted that she preferred not to use her apartment her position entitled her to at

400-501: Was imprisoned during the Terror of Robespierre and had met Josephine soon after they had both been released from prison. In 1804, when Napoleon made himself Emperor and his wife Empress of France, he created an Imperial court and had ladies-in-waiting appointed to empress Josephine. de La Rochefoucauld was appointed to the position of dame d'honneur to the empress Josephine, which was the highest rank of all ladies-in-waiting, over ranking

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