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La Rochefoucauld (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃfuko]; Limousin: La Ròcha Focaud) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois .
He was again raised to the peerage in 1831. His descendants became Dukes of Estissac and Princes of La Rochefoucauld-Montbel. Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld (1765–1841), soldier and minister of Charles X; Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (before 1552 – after 1569), French knight; Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (1862–1959), 19th century ...
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
The first recorded successful siege was in 1135, by Count Wulgrin II of Angoulême (c. 1089 –1140), when the castle belonged to Aymar II de la Rochefoucauld. [2] Hostilities continued between their descendants, William VI of Angoulême (died 1179) and Guy IV of la Rochefoucauld, but had ceased by 1170 when they both attended the dedication of ...
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Portrait of his mother, Anne-Sabine-Rosalie de Chauvelin. Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld was born in Paris on 2 April 1765 into the House of La Rochefoucauld.He was a son of Anne-Sabine-Rosalie de Chauvelin and Brigadier Jean-François de La Rochefoucauld (1735-1789), 5th Marquis of Surgères, who was Governor of Chartres.
Alexandrine Charlotte "Rosalie" de Rohan-Chabot (1763–1839), the duchess of La Rochefoucauld was a French duchess and letter writer, known for the events of her life during the French Revolution.
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.