Louis Auguste d'Albert, 4th Duke of Chaulnes


Louis Auguste d'Albert, 4th Duke of Chaulnes was a French nobleman and Peer and 4th Duke of Chaulnes. He was created a Marshal of France in 1741 by King Louis XV. He was the subject of a 1707 portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud.

Marriage

On 22 January 1704, he married Marie Anne Romaine in the Church of Notre-Dame, Versailles. They had seven children.

Children

  1. Louis Marie d'Albert, Vidame of Amiens had no children.
  2. Charles François d'Albert, Count, then Duke of Picquigny and lieutenant. Married 1729, one daughter.
  3. Louis Joseph d'Albert
  4. Michel Ferdinand d'Albert, 5th Duke of Chaulnes married twice and had children.
  5. Marie Thérèse d'Albert married Louis de Rougé, Marquis of Plessis Bellière.
  6. Marie Françoise de Sales d'Albert nun at the Benedictine convent of Montargis.
  7. Marie Thérèse d'Albert died in infancy.

Arms

  • ''De gueules diapré de deux branches d'alisier d'argent recourbées et passées en sautoir, au chef échiqueté d'azur et d'argent de trois tires, avec en cœur, entre les branches d'alisier, un écusson d'or, au lion de gueules armé et couronné du champ ''