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The Duke of Luynes
The Duke of Luynes
Born	Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes; 30 July 1695
Died	2 November 1758 (aged 73); Château de Dampierre
Spouse	Louise-Léontine de Bourbon; (m. 1710; died 1721); Marie Brulart; (m. 1732; died 1758)
Issue	Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes
Father	Honore Charles d'Albert
Mother	Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli

Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes (30 July 1695 – 2 November 1758) held the title Duke of Luynes from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important memoir of life at the court of Louis XV.

Early life

Charles-Philippe was a grandson of Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynes the Duke of Chevreuse. He was a great-great-grandson of the first Duke of Luynes, Charles d'Albert, and his wife Marie de Rohan, one of the leading members of the Fronde. His grandmother Jeanne-Marie Colbert was a daughter of the famous Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of finance.^[1]

His great-aunt was Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. A second cousin was Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy who lived in France and was the wife of Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignan.^[1]

Career

Luynes was a Peer of France and cavalry officer. He was part of the intimate group that she called her "gentlefolk" (honnêtes gens). He wrote a journal of historic events and facts about the court, a work which has no pretension of literary merit, but is valuable as a document for the study of the aristocratic society of his time.^[2]

Personal life

He was twice married. His first marriage took place on 24 February 1710 to Louise-Léontine de Bourbon (1696–1721), Princess of Neuchatel, a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons, and Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (heiress of Jeanne-Françoise de Coeme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable). Before her death in 1721, they were the parents of:^[1]

Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes (1717–1771), who married Thérèse Pélagie d'Albert in 1735. After her death, he married Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli.^[1]

In 1732, Charles-Philippe married Marie Brulart; she was the widow of the marquis de Charost, and became lady-in-waiting to the Queen Maria Leszczyńska, the consort of King Louis XV of France.^[1]

He died at the Château de Dampierre and was buried at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.^[1]

Descendants

Through his son Marie Charles, he was a grandfather of Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Luynes (1748–1807), who had an active military and political career like his father.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes

16. Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes

8. Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes

17. Marie de Rohan

4. Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes

18. Pierre III Seguier

9. Louise Marie Seguier, Marquise of O

19. Marguerite de La Guesle

2. Honoré Charles d'Albert de Luynes

20. Nicolas Colbert, Seigneur of Vendières

10. Jean Baptiste Colbert

21. Marie Pussort

5. Jeanne Marie Colbert

22. Jacques Charron, Seigneur of Nozieux & Menars

11. Marie Charron

23. Marie Begon

1. Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes

24. Jacques de Courcillon, Seigneur of Dangeau

12. Louis de Courcillon, Seigneur of Dangeau

25. Suzanne Baudrais

6. Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis of Angeau

13. Charlotte des Noues

3. Marie Anne Jeanne de Courcillon

7. Anne Françoise Morin

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Louis Dussieux; Eudoxe Soulié, eds. (1860–1865). Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV (1735–1758). Paris: Firmin-Didot frères.
^ Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1286.

[Luynes1865-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Louis Dussieux; Eudoxe Soulié, eds. (1860–1865). Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV (1735–1758). Paris: Firmin-Didot frères.

[Vapereau1876-2] Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1286.

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