House of La Rochefoucauld


The House of La Rochefoucauld is an ancient family of French nobility. Its earliest origins date back to the 10th century, in the area of what is now the village of La Rochefoucauld, southwest by south of Paris. The family's lineage begins with, the first Lord of La Roche, later known as La Rochefoucauld. He was possibly the son of, also known as Amaury or Esmerin, Lord of La Roche. Over the centuries, the family rose in prominence, earning numerous titles and distinctions.

Overview of titles and roles

In April 1622, Louis XIII elevated the County (comté) of La Rochefoucauld to a Duchy and Peerage by ' issued at Niort. This act formally raised François V of La Rochefoucauld from Count to the inaugural Duke of La Rochefoucauld, as well as to the status of Peer of France.
Earlier titles held by the family included Baron and Count, the latter granted to ', godfather of King François I. François V of La Rochefoucauld married Gabrielle du Plessis-Liancourt, daughter of Antoinette of Pons, and their son François VI became a leading figure of La Fronde and is celebrated as the author of the Maxims''.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the family continued to ascend socially and politically. They were titled as in the 16th century, while François VII, a close friend of Louis XIV, married Jeanne du Plessis-Liancourt. Their son, François VIII, became the Duke of La Roche-Guyon in 1679 and married Marie Madeleine Charlotte Le Tellier, the daughter of François Michel Le Tellier of Louvois, prime minister to Louis XIV.
In the 18th century, the family acquired several additional titles, including Duke of Liancourt, Duke of Enville, and Duke of Estissac. [François Alexandre I de La Rochefoucauld|Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld|François XII], an eminent philanthropist, is famously remembered for his statement to Louis XVI during the French Revolution: "Sir, it's not a revolt; it's a revolution." Over time, they also became the Prince of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Duke of Doudeauville, Duke of Estrées, and Duke of Bisaccia.
The La Rochefoucauld family held numerous other titles and roles, including Marquises of Montendre, Barbezieux, Surgères, and Bayers ; and Counts of Duretal, Roye, and Roucy; and Baron of Verteuil. Family members were also prominent in the Catholic Church, producing cardinals and bishops; and two family members, and, were massacred during the French Revolution and later beatified.
The family's legacy extends beyond nobility, with members serving as ambassadors, generals, and ministers, including Robert de La Rochefoucauld, a WWII spy and third great-grandson of François of La Rochefoucauld, the 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld and a UK field marshal. They also held prestigious positions such as Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta and founded notable clubs like the Jockey Club de Paris. Many were elevated in the National Order of the Legion of Honour, and approximately 40 members have been, or still are, part of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
The family's ancestral seat, the, has been in their possession since the 10th century. Additionally, the La Rochefoucauld-Montbel family owned the Lascaux Cave at the time of their discovery and maintain ties to the Pellevoisin sanctuary, a site of Marian apparitions in France.

Origins of the name

Authors have advanced, albeit with piecemeal evidence, that the first member of this family was Adémar, known as Amaury or Esmerin, by Viscounty of Limoges, or the son of the lord Hugh I of Lusignan. This latter hypothesis could be reinforced by the armorial bearings of the family. The late historian,, attributes the origins of the House of La Rochefoucauld to the House of Montbron in the 12th century, contrasting with theories that link their ancestry to Adémar or the Lusignan family. The seigniory of La Roche was originally a barony in the 13th century. The descendants of and his wife, Jarsande of Châtellérault, united their name Foucauld.

Lords then Barons of La Rochefoucauld (10th–15th centuries)

1st House of La Rochefoucauld: Lords of La Roche


  1. Adémar of La Roche.
  2. Foucauld I of La Roche, Lord of La Rochefoucauld; married to Jarsande and had four children.
  3. Guy I of La Roche, Lord of La Rochefoucauld, founded in 1060 the priory of Saint-Florent de La Rochefoucauld.
  4. Guy II of La Roche, Lord of La Rochefoucauld; married Eve and had three children.
  5. Guy III of La Roche, Lord of La Rochefoucauld.
  6. Aymar of La Roche, Lord of La Rochefoucauld and of Verteuil, led several wars against Wulgrin II, Count of Angoulême, married Mathilde of Chabanais and had a daughter, Emma de La Rochefoucauld, who married Robert of Marthon, Lord of Marthon.

2nd House of La Rochefoucauld: Lords of Marthon


    Robert of Marthon, Lord of Marthon; married Emma de La Rochefoucauld, daughter and heiress of Aymar de La Roche, Lord of La Rochefoucauld.
  1. Guy IV of La Rochefoucauld, took his mother's name and became Lord of La Rochefoucauld, Verteuil, Marthon, Blanzac. He took part in the wars against William, Count of Angoulême; married the daughter of Aimery, Viscount of Rochechouart, and had two children.
  2. Foucauld II of La Rochefoucauld, Lord of La Rochefoucauld, Verteuil, Blanzac, Marthon, he served in the army of the King Philip II Augustus and was made prisoner in 1198 at the Battle of Gisors. He was father of four children.
  3. Guy V of La Rochefoucauld, founded the Cordeliers Convent d'Angoulême in 1230.

    1. Aimery I of La Rochefoucauld, Lord of La Rochefoucauld in 1219, and of Verteuil, Count of La Marche; married Létice de Parthenay and had five children.
  4. Guy VI of La Rochefoucauld, Lord of La Rochefoucauld, of Verteuil, of Marthon, of Saint Claud, of Saint Laurent, of Blanzac and of Cellefrouin, rallied to the cause of Hugues VII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, against King Louis IX, retired to Grosbos Abbey; married Agnès de Rochechouart and had nine children.
  5. Aimery II of La Rochefoucauld, Baron of La Rochefoucauld, Lord of Verteuil, of Marthon, of Saint Claud, of Saint Laurent, of Blanzac, of Monteil and of Cellefrouin ; married Dauphine de La Tour-d'Auvergne in 1280, and had five children.
  6. Guy VII of La Rochefoucauld, Baron of La Rochefoucauld; he in 1309, married Agnès de Culant and had nine children, served King Philip V against the County of Flanders from 1317 to 1318, was excommunicated by Bishop Aiguelin de Blaye, founded the Couvent des Carmes de La Rochefoucauld in 1329, and was killed September 19, 1356, next to the King Jean II during the Battle of Poitiers.
  7. Aimery III de La Rochefoucauld, Baron of La Rochefoucauld, who served King Philippe VI in 1338; married Rogette de Grailly.
  8. Guy VIII de La Rochefoucauld, Baron of La Rochefoucauld, governor of l'Angoumois, Councillor and Grand Chamberlain of France of Kings Charles V, Charles VI and of Philip II of Burgundy, he acquired the lands of Marcillac and Montignac; married Jeanne de Luxembourg, and Marguerite de Craon and had eight children.
  9. Foucauld III de La Rochefoucauld, Baron of La Rochefoucauld, Councillor, chamberlain of King Charles VII, participated in the Siege of Fronsac, rescued King Charles VII at the battle of Castillon ; married Jeanne de Rochechouart.
  10. , Baron of La Rochefoucauld, Marthon, Blanzac, Bayers, Montignac, Marcillac, Councillor and Grand Chamberlain of France for Kings Louis XI and Charles VIII, and governor of Bayonne, in August 27, 1446, married his cousin Marguerite de La Rochefoucauld, Lady of Barbezieux and Montendre.

Counts of La Rochefoucauld (and Princes of Marcillac) (16th century)

In April 1528, King Francis I gave his godfather, François I of La Rochefoucauld, the title of Count of La Rochefoucauld.

  1. François I of La Rochefoucauld, Count of La Rochefoucauld, Chambellan of Kings Charles VIII and Louis XII, on April 30, 1470, married Louise of Crussol, daughter of . In 1500, he married Barbe Jeanne of Fiennes du Bois d'Esquerdes
  2. , Count of La Rochefoucauld,, Baron of Verteuil, in 1518, married, Lady of Randan and Beaumont.
  3. François III of La Rochefoucauld, Count of La Rochefoucauld,, Count of Roucy, Baron of Verteuil, he was killed at the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, in 1552, married Sylvie Pic of La Mirandole, and in 1557, married Charlotte of Roye, Countess of Roucy.
  4. François IV of La Rochefoucauld, Count of La Rochefoucauld,, Baron of Verteuil, a Protestant, he was killed at Saint-Yrieix by the Catholic League; married Claude d'Estissac in 1587.

Dukes of La Rochefoucauld (17th–21st centuries)

Elder branch

On 22 April 1622, King Louis XIII raised the Count of La Rochefoucauld into a Duchy-peerage as the Duke of La Rochefoucauld.

  1. François V of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of La Rochefoucauld, in 1611 he married Gabrielle of Plessis-Liancourt, daughter of Antoinette de Pons, sister of, Duke of Liancourt.
  2. François VI of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince of Marcillac, moralist writer:

    3. And, he also wrote a history of the Fronde.
    In 1628, he married Andrée of Vivonne.
  3. François VII of La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince of Marcillac, Grand veneur de France, grand maître de la garde robe of the king, one of Louis XIV closest friend, married his cousin Jeanne Charlotte of Plessis-Liancourt, great granddaughter of Antoinette de Pons and heiress of the Duke of La Roche-Guyon. She brought the domains of La Roche-Guyon and Liancourt in the La Rochefoucauld family.
  4. François VIII of La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, grand maître de la garde robe of the King, Duke of La Roche-Guyon in 1679, Prince of Marcillac; married to Magdeleine Charlotte of Tellier, daughter of François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois.

    1. Alexandre I of La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, grand maître de la garde robe of the King, duke of La Roche-Guyon, Prince of Marcillac, married, in 1715, Elisabeth Marie Louise Nicole van Bermond of Caylar of Toiras in Amboise.

Roye branch

This branch was founded by Charles de La Rochefoucauld Lord of Roye, Count of Roucy, younger son of François III of La Rochefoucauld, Count of La Rochefoucauld, and Charlotte of Roye, Countess of Roucy, who sister married Condé. This branch through different unions are descendants of a sister of King Francis 1st, William the 1st of Orange-Nassau, the chancelor Séguier, the Maréchal of Aloigny and Madame de Sablé and parents of Turenne.

Dukes of Enville (1732), then Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1762)


  1. Louis-Alexandre of La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld upon the death of his maternal grandfather in 1762 and 2nd Duke of Enville upon the death of his father in 1746. He was known as Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Enville. Member of the Académie des sciences, member of the Assembly of notables in 1787, deputy of the nobility at the French States-General of 1789. He was assassinated during the September massacres in Gisors; married Pauline de Gand de Mérode in 1762, Alexandrine Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot in 1780. As he died without heir, the title passed to his first cousin.

Dukes of Estissac (1737), Dukes of Liancourt (1765), then Dukes of La Rochefoucauld (1792 - confirmed at the restauration) and Duke of Anville (courtesy nowadays)


  1. François XII of La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, created 1st Duke of Liancourt in 1765, 2nd duke of Estissac, and inherited the Duke of La Rochefoucauld title from his cousin in 1792; married Félicité-Sophie of Lannion in 1764.
  2. François XIII of La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Estissac, then Duke of Liancourt ;
Alexandre-François married Adélaïde Pyvart de Chastullé, cousin of Joséphine de Beauharnais, she was first lady of the empress and we can see in the coronation painting of Napoléon, holding the gown of Joséphine. Their daughter Adèle Marie Hortense Françoise of Rochefoucauld, married – a brother-in-law of Pauline Marie Bonaparte. Pauline, a sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, became Princess Borghese through her marriage to Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona and Duke of Guastalla.
Alexandre-François served as the French Ambassador to Vienna and later to The Hague, where he negotiated the union of the Kingdom of Holland with France. During the "Hundred Days", Napoleon appointed him as a peer of France, a prestigious title that granted him a seat in the Chamber of Peers, a legislative body composed of individuals chosen by the ruler for their loyalty, influence, or status. He subsequently devoted himself to philanthropic work. In 1822, he became a deputy to the Chamber of Deputies and aligned himself with the constitutional royalists. He was again raised to the peerage in 1831.
Alexandre-François's descendants became Dukes of Estissac and Princes of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel. His other brother, the youngest of three siblings, Frédéric Gaëtan (1779–1863), became Marquis of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, and, in 1793, married to Marie-Françoise de Tott.

  1. François XIV of La Rochefoucauld, 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, in 1817, married to Zénaide Chapt of Rastignac .
  2. François XV of La Rochefoucauld, 10th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, in 1852, married Radegonde-Euphrasie Bouvery .
  3. François XVI of La Rochefoucauld, 11th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, in 1892, married Mattie-Elizabeth Mitchell .
  4. Alfred Gabriel Marie François of La Rochefoucauld, 12th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, the ducal title was transferred to him, in 1884, married Pauline Louise Marie Anne Albenais Fortunee Piscalory of Vaufreland.
  5. ', 13th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of Liancourt, Prince of Marcillac, Duke of Anville in 1917, married Edmée Frish of Fels.
  6. ', 14th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 9th Duke of Liancourt, Prince of Marcillac, Duke of Anville, in 1946, married Marie-Louise Lucienne Meriaux, in 1950, married Sonia Marie Matossian, and in 1967, married Jeanne-Marie Ruth Dorothée Églantine of Villiers of Terrage. Jeanne-Marie was a great-great granddaughter of Édouard de Villiers du Terrage. François XVIII was a composer and violinist. He had been a violin student of Carmen Forté at the Paris Conservatory.

    1. Solange Fasquelle, a writer of novels, was the younger sister of François XVIII and wife of publisher Jean-Claude Fasquelle .
  7. François XIX of La Rochefoucauld, 15th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 10th Duke of Liancourt, Duke of Anville, Prince of Marcillac, in 1984, married Michèle Suzanne Etter, who was previously married to Philippe Paul Michel Augier.
  8. François XX of La Rochefoucauld, 11th Duke of Liancourt, Prince of Marcillac, duc d'Anville, heir to the ducal title of La Rochefoucauld and house chief seat. On June 29, 2024, he married Inga Grigorenko, born in Tallinn, Estonia.

Dukes of Estissac (since 1839)

This branch comes from the younger branch of the Counts of Roye.
Louis François Armand de la Rochefoucauld Count of Roye and of Roucy and of Blanzac, was created Duke with a patent in 1737, hereditary on 1758, and called Duke of Estissac. His grandson, Alexandre François de la Rochefoucauld, Count of the Empire, Ambassador for the Emperor, and brother of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld received the Duchy of Estissac from his elder brother in May 1839. His son, Alexandre Jules de La Rochefoucauld, was authorized by royal decree of 2 July 1840 to take the title of Duke of Estissac, however, this order was not followed by letters patent.

  1. , Duke of Estissac in 1840. Officer of the Legion of Honour; married in 1822 to Hélène-Charlotte Pauline of Solles .
  2. Roger Paul Alexandre Louis of La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Estissac; married to Juliette de Ségur in 1858.
  3. Alexandre Jules Paul Philippe François of La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Estissac; married to Jeanne de Rochechouart-Mortemart in 1883.
  4. Louis François Alexandre of La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Estissac; married to Nathalie de Clermont-Tonnerre in 1911.
  5. Alexandre Louis Marie François of La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Estissac, President of the Jockey Club; married to Antoinette de Moustier in 1943.
  6. Pierre-Louis François Léonel Alexandre of La Rochefoucauld, Count of La Rochefoucauld and 7th Duke of Estissac, in 1980, married Sabine Henriette Marie Bernadette Françoise of La Rochefoucauld.
  7. Alexandre of La Rochefoucauld, count of, heir to the duke of Estissac title.
Bernard de La Rochefoucauld, co-founder of the, former honorary president of the Institut Montaigne and former mayor of Ingrannes comes from this branch.

Branch La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, counts de La Rochefoucauld and princes (Bavaria 1909)


  1. François August Ernest Marie of La Rochefoucauld, mayor of Pellevoisin — second son of, Duke of Estissac and Hélène Charlotte Pauline of Dessolles — married in 1854 Marie-Luce of Montbel, grand-daughter of, Officer of the Legion of Honour, field marshal, Premier Chambellan for Charles X. Marie-Luce was linked with the building of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pellevoisin. She funded the covent of the dominicans there and became a tertiary nun under the name of Catherine of Sienna.
  2. Jules of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel Count of La Rochefoucauld, Mayor of Pellevoisin, received in Bavaria on the 22nd July 1909 from Ludwig III of Bavaria the title of Fürst. He was authorized the 22 March 1922 to add his mother's name to his name. Thus the branch of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel. He married in 1881 Jeanne Louise Marie Nathalie Lebeuf of Montgermont.
Note: Aimery count de La Rochefoucauld, received also the Bavarian Prince title on the same date. His only son Gabriel II, writer and great friend of Marcel Proust, married to Odile Marie Auguste Septimanie Chapelle of Jumilhac — daughter of Armand Marie Odet Richard of Chapelle of Jumilhac, 7th Duke of Richelieu and American-born Marie Alice Heine — had one child, Anne Alice Élisabeth Amélie of La Rochefoucauld founded in 1952 of the association. Anne was a godmother of Dominique of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel. Anne's second husband, John Julius of Amodio, was Marquise of Amodio.


  1. Emmanuel Arthur Adrien Joseph Marie of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Count of La Rochefoucauld, Prince in Bavaria, Ambassador, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, married in 1913 Simone of. They owned the Lascaux caves.
  2. Charles-Emmanuel, Count of La Rochefoucauld, Prince in Bavaria; married in 1943, Flora d'Huart Saint-Mauris ; and in June 1949, Joanna-Isabelle Forbes . He donated the Lascaux cave to France and the lands and buildings of the Pellevoisin sanctuary to the diocese of Bourges. Including :

    1. Guy-Emmanuel Jean Marie Joseph of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel who, in 1973, married Éléonore Edmond-Blanc. Without descendants.
    2. Dominique Louis Gabriel of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel - See below
  3. Dominique of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Count of La Rochefoucauld, Prince in Bavaria, Officer of Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. In January 1984, he married Pascale Subtil. Member of the Sovereign Council and Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi. He was also President of the Association and Vice-President of Ordre de Malte France. He is still Vice-President of the fondation. He is Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George. In February 2025, he was part of the visit of the holy see nuncio to France Celestino Migliore to the sanctuary of Pellevoisin after the Vatican nihil obstat of the marial apparitions to Estelle Faguette.
  4. Gabriel of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, count of La Rochefoucauld, heir to the Prince in Bavaria title.

Dukes of Roche-Guyon (1679–1762)

François VIII de La Rochefoucauld was created Duke of La Roche-Guyon by letters of November 1679. The 1st Duchy-peerage of La Rochefoucauld and, the title of Duke of La Roche-Guyon, died out in 1762 with Alexandre, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld and 2nd Duke of La Roche-Guyon, who had only two daughters who married their cousins from the branch of the Counts of Roye and Roucy.

Dukes of La Roche-Guyon (courtesy title) (19th–21st centuries)

Alfred de La Rochefoucauld, a cadet branch from the cadet branch of Roye, took over motu proprio in the 19th century, without letters of confirmation, the title of Duke of La Roche-Guyon, which had extinguished in 1762. This courtesy title of "Duke of La Roche-Guyon" has been borne by his descendants ever since.

  1. Alfred Pierre Marie René of La Rochefoucauld, known as Duke of La Roche-Guyon, in 1851, married Isabelle Camille Nivière, writer and poet, author of many poems published by Alphonse Lemerre, from 1877 until her death. Their second son – Antoine de La Rochefoucauld – was a painter.
  2. Pierre de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of La Roche-Guyon, in 1888, married Gildippe Odoard of Hazey of Versainville . Their third son, Bernard, was a member of the French Resistance in Falaise and died in the Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1944.
  3. Gilbert Camille Alfred Alexandre of La Rochefoucauld, known as Duke of La Roche-Guyon, married Princess Hélène Marie of La Trémoïlle and Marie-Louise Lerche in 1927.
  4. Alfred Henri Gaston of La Rochefoucauld, known as Duke of La Roche-Guyon, in 1952, married Lydie Alix Marie-Thérèse Jacobé of Haut of Sigy, paternal granddaughter of .
  5. Guy-Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, known as Duke of La Roche-Guyon, married Yolaine Françoise Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque, paternal granddaughter of Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
  6. Louis-Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, count of, heir to the duke of La Roche-Guyon title.
Count Bernard Gaston Mathieu Gilbert of La Rochefoucauld, the director Jean-Dominique Marie Henri of La Rochefoucauld-Guyon, along with daughters and are descendants of this branch.

Marquises of Montendre and Surgères

These branches were formed by Louis de La Rochefoucauld, Lord of Montendre, Montguyon, Roissac and des Salles, who was a younger son of François I de La Rochefoucauld, comte de La Rochefoucauld, by his second marriage to Barbe du Bois. He married Jacquette de Mortemer in 1534. His son was François de La Rochefoucauld, Lord of Montguyon, Baron of Montendre, who married Hélène de Goulard. His son, Isaac de La Rochefoucauld, Lord of Montguyon, Baron of Montendre, married Hélène de Fonsèque in 1600. Among others, they were the parents of Charles, progenitor of the Montendre branch and François, progenitor of the Surgères branch.

Marquis of Montendre


  1. Charles of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Marquis of Montendre ; married to Renée Thévin in 1633.

    1. Charles-Louis of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Marquis of Montendre; married to Anne de Pithou.

      1. Isaac Charles of La Rochefoucauld, Count of Montendre, fought in the Siege of Mainz, the Battle of Fleurus, the Siege of Mons, the Siege of Barcelona, the Battle of Cremona, and the Battle of Luzzara, where, on August 15, 1702, he was killed. He had no issue.
      2. François of La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Marquis of Montendre; married to Marie-Anne von Spanheim, no issue.
      3. Louis of La Rochefoucauld, 4th Marquis of Montendre; married to Suzanne d'Argouges in 1710, no issue.

Marquis of Surgères


  1. François de La Rochefoucauld, 1st Marquis of Surgères; married to Anne de Philippier

    1. Charles-François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Marquis of Surgères; married to Anne de La Rochefoucauld in 1662.

      1. François de La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Marquis of Surgères; married to Angélique Lee in 1704.

        1. Alexandre-Nicolas de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Marquis of Surgères, Lieutenant General of the King's Armies; married to Jeanne-Thérèse Fleuriau de Morville in 1728.

          1. Jean-François de La Rochefoucauld in 1752.

Dukes of Doudeauville (1782–1995), of Bisaccia (1851–1995), and of Estrées (1892–1907)

The title Duke of Doudeauville was created for Ambroise-Polycarpe, 6th Marquis of Surgères, in 1780 by King Louis XVI in the Peerage of France. It was also created in 1782 by Charles III in the Kingdom of Spain, granting him the Rank of Grandee of Spain, 1st Class. The title was recognized by the peerage ordinance of 4 June 1814; a Hereditary peer of France on 19 August 1815, Hereditary Duke-Peer on 31 August 1817 by King Louis XVIII during his 2nd reign. The title became extinct in 1995 upon the death of the 7th Duke. The Duke of Bisaccia title was created for Sosthènes II on 16 May 1851 by King Ferdinand II in the peerage of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Inscription among the Bavarian nobility as Princes under the title Duke of Bisaccia, on 24 November 1855 by King Maximilian II. It also became extinct in 1995. The designation of the title of Duke of Doudeauville was changed to Duke of Estrées in Spain in 1893 by King Alfonso XIII when it was transferred to Sosthènes II's second son, Charles, but became extinct upon the Duke's death, without male issue, in 1907.

  1. Ambroise-Polycarpe of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Doudeauville, 6th Marquis of Surgères, Grandee of Spain ; married to Bénigne Augustine Françoise Le Tellier, Lady of Montmirail.

    1. Sosthènes I of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of Doudeauville; married to Élisabeth de Montmorency-Laval .

      1. Stanislas of La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Duke of Doudeauville; married to Marie de Colbert-Chabanais.
      2. Sosthènes II of La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of Doudeauville, 1st Duke of Bisaccia, on April 6, 1848, in Paris, married Yolande Justine Victoire Marie of Polignac and then, on July 8, 1862, in Beloeil, Belgium, married Marie Georgine Sophie Hedwige Eugenie of Ligne .

        1. Charles Marie François of La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Estrées ; married to Princess Charlotte of La Trémoïlle.
        2. Armand François Jules Marie of La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of Doudeauville, President of the Jockey-Club de Paris and the Polo de Paris; married to Princess Marié Lise Radziwill

          1. Sosthènes III of La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of Doudeauville, married Eleanor Lucía María Josepha Romula of Saavedra and of Collado, Countess of Torrehermosa of Viana and daughter of José of Saavedra, 2nd Marquess of Viana.
          2. Armand Charles François Marie of La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of Doudeauville, married Esther Millicent Clarke and had a natural son with Clémentine Elisabeth Brandt.

            1. Armand Sosthènes of La Rochefoucauld ; married to Geneviève Rose Blanche Fourny.
        3. Édouard François Marie of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of Bisaccia, on June 19, 1901, in Paris, married Camille Marie Françoise of Colbert-Chabanais.

          1. Marie-Carmen of La Rochefoucauld ; married to Count of Mailly-Nesles in 1928.
          2. Stanislas of La Rochefoucauld, Count, in 1926, married Sophie Alice Cocea, and in 1947, married Princess Jeanne Princess of San Felice de Viggiano.
          3. Élisabeth of La Rochefoucauld, in 1929, married Elliot Robert Le Gras du Luart of Montsaulnin, and in 1958, married Mario Fausto Maria Pinci.

Marquis of Bayers; Baron of La Rochefoucauld-Bayers (1817)

This branch was originated by Geoffroy de La Rochefoucauld, Lord of Verteuil from whom descended Guillaume de La Rochefoucauld, Lord of Nouans. One of his sons, Guillaume de La Rochefoucauld founded the branch by Bayers building the Château de Bayers becoming Lord of Bayers. His descendant, Louis-Antoine de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, obtained the title, Marquis of Bayers.
The male line of this branch became extinct in 1940 upon the death of Raoul-Gustave Marie de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis of Bayers, who died without issue from his marriage to Élisabeth of Griffon-Sénéjac. The female line ended with Victoria Françoise Anne Marie of La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, the daughter of a cousin of Raoul-Gustave, who died unmarried.', brother of next, Bishop-Count of Beauvais in 1772 and Peer of France, deputy of the clergy of Clermont at the Estates General of 1789 – on September 2, 1792, with his brother and others, at Carmes Prison, was assassinated.

Coat of arms

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Coat of
Arms		Name and blazon
House of Rochefoucauld
, Lord of Barbezieux, Linières, Meillant, and Preuilly, Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit.
Order of Saint Michael
Charles of La Rochefoucauld, more elaborate coat of arms.
Louis François Armand of La Rochefoucauld, Count of Roye, 1st Duke of Liancourt, Duke of Estissac.
Order of the Holy Spirit
François de La Rochefoucauld, Bishop of Clermont ; Cardinal of Clermont ; Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto ; Cardinal-Priest of Senlis ; Grand Almoner of France. He was a nephew of François III of La Rochefoucauld.