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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 .
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃfuko ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ɡumwa] , literally La Rochefoucauld in Angoumois ; Occitan : La Ròcha Focaud d'Engolmés ) is a commune in the department of Charente ...
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 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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Through his younger son Aimery, he was a grandfather of Count Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld (1875–1942), who married Odile de La Chapelle de Saint-Jean de Jumilhac, a daughter of Armand Chapelle de Jumilhac, 7th Duke of Richelieu, and American heiress, Alice Heine (who became Princess consort of Monaco after marrying Albert I, Prince of Monaco ...