Jean Charles de Crussol, 7th Duke of Uzès

Jean-Charles de Crussol
7th Duke of Uzès
Born	Jean-Charles de Crussol (1675-12-29)29 December 1675 Paris, France
Died	19 July 1739(1739-07-19) (aged 63) Château d'Uzès, Uzès, France
Noble family	Crussol
Spouse(s)	Princess Anna Hippolyte Grimaldi ​ ​ (m. 1696; died 1700)​ Anne Marie Marguerite de Bullion ​ ​ (m. 1706, died)​
Issue	Charles Emmanuel de Crussol Jeanne Julie Françoise de Crussol
Father	Emmanuel de Crussol, 5th Duke of Uzès
Mother	Julie Marie de Sainte-Maure

Jean-Charles de Crussol, 7th Duke of Uzès (29 December 1675 – 19 July 1739), was a French aristocrat and courtier.

Early life

Crussol was born in Paris in 1675.^[1] His eldest sister, Julie-Françoise de Crussol, married Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, 1st Duke of Antin.^[2]e was the third son of Emmanuel de Crussol, 5th Duke of Uzès, and Julie Marie de Sainte-Maure. His elder brother was Louis de Crussol, 6th Duke of Uzès, who was killed at the Battle of Landen.^[1]

His paternal grandparents were François de Crussol d'Uzès and Marguerite d'Apchier, Countess of Vazeilles.^[3] His mother was the only daughter and heiress of Charles de Sainte-Maure, Duke of Montausier, governor of the Dauphin, and Julie d'Angennes, Marquise of Rambouillet (who was known as Princess Julie).^[1]

Career

Upon the death of his brother in 1693, he became the 7th Duke of Uzès.^[4] He was made a Chevalier des Ordres du Roi and served as Knight of Honour of the Queen Regent (French: chevalier d'honneur de la reine régente). In 1721, he exchanged with King Louis XV the land of Lévis for the rights of the King in Uzès, which considerably increased the power of the Dukes.^[1]

Personal life

Crussol was twice married. His first marriage was in 1696 to Princess Anna Hippolyte Grimaldi of Monaco (1667–1700), daughter of the reigning Prince of Monaco, Louis I, and Catherine de Gramont (herself a mistress of King Louis XIV). Princess Anna died in 1700, without issue.^[5]

Second marriage

Crussol remarried in 1706 to Anne Marie Marguerite de Bullion de Fervacques (1684–1760), a daughter of Charles-Denis de Bullion, Marquis de Bonnelles (grandson of King Louis XIII's Minister of Finance Claude de Bullion) and Anne Rouillé de Meslay.^[6] Together, they were the parents of:^[7]

• Charles-Emmanuel de Crussol (1707–1762), who married Émilie de La Rochefoucauld,^[8] the daughter of François de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, and Charlotte Le Tellier (daughter of Louis XIV's Minister, François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois), in 1725.^[9]
• Jeanne Julie Françoise de Crussol (1713–1797), who married Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, 3rd Duke of La Vallière.^[1]

The Duke died at the Château d'Uzès on 19 July 1739 and was succeeded by his only son, Charles-Emmanuel.^[8]

References

1. Albiousse, Lionel d' (1887). Histoire des ducs d'Uzès: avec une notice sur leur château ducal (in French). H. Champion. pp. 317–320. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
2. Rowlands, Guy (29 August 2002). The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV: Royal Service and Private Interest 1661–1701. Cambridge University Press. pp. 48, 388. ISBN 978-1-139-43930-5. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
3. Yarrow, P.J.; Brooks, William (2010). Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle). Modern Humanities Research Association. pp. 130, 245. ISBN 978-1-907322-01-3. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
4. Levantal, Christophe (1996). Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790): dictionnaire prosographique, généalogique, chronologique, topographique et heuristique (in French). Editions Maisonneuve & Larose. pp. 947–948. ISBN 978-2-7068-1219-4. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
5. Allström, Carl Magnus (1904). Dictionary of Royal Lineage of Europe and Other Countries: From the Earliest Period to the Present Date. Press of S. T. Almberg. p. 502. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
6. Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy (1918). Mémoires de Saint-Simon (in French). Hachette. p. 143. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
7. Merlet, L. (1884). Inventaire-Sommaire des Archives Départementales Antérieures a 1790: Eure-et-Loir (in French). Garnier. p. 207. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
8. Chapman, Sara E. (2004). Private Ambition and Political Alliances: The Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain Family and Louis XIV's Government, 1650-1715. University of Rochester Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-58046-153-5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
9. L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (in French). 1996. p. 105. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

• Crussol, Charles Emmanuel de, duc d'Uzès, 1707-1762. at the Wellcome Collection
• Charles Emmanuel de Crussol, duc d'Uzès correspondence at the National Library of Australia

French nobility
Preceded by Louis de Crussol d'Uzès	Duke of Uzès 1693–1739	Succeeded by Charles-Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès