Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont

Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont (1572–1644) was a member of minor French nobility by birth. Created the 1st Duke of Gramont in 1643 by King Louis XIV,[1] he was automatically a Peer.[2] His granddaughter Catherine Charlotte de Gramont married Louis I, Prince of Monaco, making Antoine a direct ancestor of the present reigning Albert II of Monaco.[3] Though created the 1st Duke of Gramont, the creation of the title was not officially registered in Parliament before his death, so his son had to petition for the dukedom to be recognised.[4] His mother had been royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

Antoine de Gramont
1st Duke of Gramont
Born1572
Died1644
Noble familyGramont
Spouse(s)Louise de Roquelaure
Claude de Montmorency
IssueAntoine, 2nd Duke of Gramont
Henri, Count of Toulongeon
Philibert, Count of Gramont
Susanne Charlotte, Marquise of Saint-Chamond
Anne Louise, Marquise of Feuquière
Françoise Marguerite, Marquise of Lons
Catherine, Abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray
FatherPhilibert, Count of Guiche
MotherDiane d'Andoins

First marriage

He married Louise de Roquelaure, daughter of Antoine de Roquelaure[5]

Children
  1. Antoine III de Gramont (1604, – 12 July 1678) married Françoise Marguerite du Plessis.


Second marriage

In 1618, he married Claude de Montmorency of the House of Montmorency.

Children
  1. Henri de Gramont (died 1679) who was Count of Toulongeon.
  2. Philibert de Gramont, Count of Gramont (1621-1707)
  3. Susanne Charlotte de Gramont (1627–1688) married Henri Mitte, Marquis of Saint-Chamond.[6]
  4. Anne Louise de Gramont (died 1666) married Isaac de Pas, Marquis of Feuquière.
  5. Françoise Marguerite de Gramont married Philippe, Marquis of Lons [7]
  6. Charlotte Catherine de Gramont (died 1714), who became abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at Angers.[8]
  7. Charlotte Catherine de Gramont (died 1714) never married but created Abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at Angers.

Arms
Arms of the 1st Duke of Gramont.
  • Écartelé, au I et IV, de gueules à trois fasce ondées d'or ; aux Iet III, cousu de gueules à trois jumelles d'argent ; sur-le-tout, contre-écartelé : au 1, d'or, au lion d'azur, armé et lampassé de gueules (Gramont) ; au 2, de gueules, à trois flèches d'or, armées et empennées d'argent, 2 et 1, les pointes en bas (Asté); au 3, d'or, à un lévrier de gueules, colleté d'azur, à l'orle de sable, semée de besants d'or (Aure) ; au 4, d'argent à un chef endenté d'azur.[9]

References
  1. Jean de Jaurgain and Raymond Ritter, "La maison de Gramont 1040-1967", Les amis du Musée Pyrénéen, Aturbe (Two volumes)
  2. Jean de Jaurgain and Raymond Ritter, "La maison de Gramont 1040-1967" , Les amis du Musée Pyrénéen, Aturbe (Two volumes)
  3. Louda, Jiří; Maclagan, Michael (1999) [1981], Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.), London: Little, Brown, p. 115, ISBN 978-0-316-84820-6
  4. Ritter, Raymond (1959). Une dame de chevalerie, Corisande d'Andoins, comtesse de Guiche. A. Michel.
  5. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Roquelaure" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 719.
  6. La Chesnaye des Bois 1866, p. 642, line 28. "Susanne-Charlotte mariée à Henri Mitte, Marquis de Saint-Chamond ..."
  7. La Chesnaye des Bois 1866, p. 642, line 34. "Françoise-Marguerite-Bayonne mariée à Philippe, Marquis de Lons en Béarn ..."
  8. La Chesnaye des Bois 1866, p. 642, line 36. "... et Charlotte-Catherine, abbesse de Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray à Angers ..."
  9. Armorial du duc de Gramont

Works cited
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