Louis Marie, Duke of Rohan


Louis Marie Bretagne Dominique de Rohan-Chabot, 5th Duke of Rohan, Roquelaure and Lude, was a French aristocrat and soldier.

Early life

Rohan-Chabot was born on 17 January 1710 in Paris. He was the eldest son, and heir, of Louis Bretagne Alain de Rohan-Chabot and Françoise de Roquelaure. Among his younger siblings were Louise Armande Julie de Rohan-Chabot, Louis François de Rohan-Chabot, Marie Armande de Rohan-Chabot, Charlotte Félicité de Rohan-Chabot, Louis Auguste de Rohan-Chabot.

Career

Lieutenant General of the King's Armies, he was confirmed, as were his descendants, by King Louis XV in his right to be treated as "cousin of the king".
He was perhaps the most popular of the Lords of Blain. Affected in his prestige by the Affair of the Queen's Necklace, saddened by the ruin of a Rohan, Jules, Prince of Guéméné, who by his prodigality had made a bankruptcy of 33 million, he had retired to his estate in Nice.

Personal life

In 1735, he married Olympe de Châtillon, only daughter of the Duke of Châtillon, Governor of the Dauphin. Before her death, they were the parents of:
  • Marie-Rosalie de Rohan-Chabot, who died young.
  • Catherine-Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, who died young.
  • Louis-Bretagne-Charles de Rohan-Chabot, who died young.
In 1758, he married, for the second time, to Charlotte de Crussol d'Uzès, only daughter of Charles Emmanuel de Crussol, 8th Duke of Uzès and Émilie de La Rochefoucauld. Charlotte was a friend of Marie-Thérèse, Marquise de La Ferté-Imbault.
The duke died in exile in Nice on 28 November 1791. As all of his children predeceased him, his heir was his cousin Louis-Antoine de Rohan-Chabot.