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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 ...
La Rochefoucauld was born into the House of La Rochefoucauld, one of the oldest and most famous French noble families, originating in La Roche in the 10th-11th centuries. . He was the only son of Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, who was killed in the 1746 Duc d'Anville expedition, and Marie-Louise-Nicole de La Rochefoucauld, eldest daughter of Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke ...
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 ...
Charles Maurice de La Rochefoucauld (1684–1694), who died young. Michel Camille de La Rochefoucauld (1686–1712), who died unmarried. Roger de La Rochefoucauld (1687–1717), who died unmarried. Guy de La Rochefoucauld (1688–1698), who died young. Madeleine Françoise de La Rochefoucauld (1689–1717), who became a nun at Saint Denis de Paris.
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 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. [4]
The tapestries were highly believed woven for François, the son of Jean II de La Rochefoucauld and Marguerite de Barbezieux. And there was a possible connection between the letters A and E and the La Rochefoucauld, which are interpreted as the first and last of Antoine's name, who was the son of François, and his wife, Antoinette of Amboise. [6]