Choiseul family

The Choiseul family is an illustrious French noble family from Champagne, whose members held important political, ecclesiastical and military positions within the Kingdom of France.

Coat of arms of Choiseul-Praslin family

History

They were descendants of the Counts of Langres. The family's head was Renaud III de Choiseul, comte de Langres and sire de Choiseul, who in 1182 married Alix de Dreux, daughter of Louis VI of France. It has formed into the Langres, Clémont, Aigremont, Beaugré, Allecourt, Frontières, Praslin, Plessis branches, among others. It also took the name Choiseul-Gouffier from the 18th century onwards.

It has produced several marshals:

Two bishops and an archbishop:

Also a famous minister, a diplomat, etc. :

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