Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont


Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont was a member of minor French nobility by birth. Created the 1st Duke of Gramont in 1643 by King Louis XIV, he was automatically a Peer. His granddaughter Catherine Charlotte de Gramont married Louis I, Prince of Monaco, making Antoine a direct ancestor of the present reigning Albert II of Monaco. Though created the 1st Duke of Gramont, the creation of the title was not officially registered in Parliament before his death, so his son had to petition for the dukedom to be recognised. His mother had been royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre between 1582 and 1591.

First marriage

He married Louise de Roquelaure, daughter of Antoine de Roquelaure
Antoine and Louise had two sons:
  1. Antoine, numbered Antoine III, who became the 2nd duc de Gramont
  2. Roger, who was known as comte de Louvigny

Second marriage

In 1618, he married Claude de Montmorency of the House of Montmorency.
Antoine and Claude had two sons:
  1. Henri, Count of Toulongeon
  2. Philibert, courtier
—and four daughters
  1. Susanne-Charlotte, married Henri Mitte, Marquis of Saint-Chamond
  2. Anne-Louise, married Isaac de Pas, Marquis of Feuquière
  3. Françoise-Marguerite, married Philippe, Marquis of Lons
  4. Charlotte-Catherine, became abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at Angers.

Arms

  • ''Écartelé, au I et IV, de gueules à trois fasce ondées d'or; aux Iet III, cousu de gueules à trois jumelles d'argent; sur-le-tout, contre-écartelé : au 1, d'or, au lion d'azur, armé et lampassé de gueules ; au 2, de gueules, à trois flèches d'or, armées et empennées d'argent, 2 et 1, les pointes en bas ; au 3, d'or, à un lévrier de gueules, colleté d'azur, à l'orle de sable, semée de besants d'or ; au 4, d'argent à un chef endenté d'azur.''