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François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense literary œuvre published.
The House of La Rochefoucauld is one of France's ancient noble families, with origins dating back to the 10th century.The family's lineage begins with Foucauld I of La Roche [] (973–1047), the first Lord of La Roche, later known as La Rochefoucauld (Roche + Foucauld), and possibly the son of Adémar of La Roche [] (also known as Amaury or Esmerin; circa 952 – before 1037), Lord of La Roche.
François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) (1613–1680), French author François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre (1672–1739), Field Marshal of the British Army François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1747–1827), French social reformer
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], a brother-in-law of Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese.
De La Rochefoucauld was born on 8 September 1765 in Paris. was the heir and eldest son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt and the former Félicité de Lannion.
Mme de La Rochefoucauld became dame d'honneur to the empress Josephine, and their eldest daughter married Francesco Borghese , 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.
Jean Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Anville; François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld; François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld; Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld; François III de La Rochefoucauld
François VII de La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Duke of La Rochefoucauld [3] (15 June 1634 – 11 January 1714), son of the author of the maxims Francois VI de La Rochefoucauld, was a French nobleman during the reign of King Louis XIV, one of his closest friends, who also created him Grand Huntsman of France in 1679.