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French noble family
Coat of arms of Choiseul-Praslin family
The Choiseul family is a
French noble family from
Champagne, whose members held important political, ecclesiastical and military positions within the
Kingdom of France.
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:
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Jean de Baudricourt (?–1499), seigneur of
Baudricourt and of
Choiseul
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Charles de Choiseul, comte of the Plessis-Praslin (1563–1626), who served under
Henri IV and
Louis XIII
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César de Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, duc de Choiseul (1598–1675), who defied
Turenne at
Rethel (1650), when he commanded the Spanish army
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César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), French marshal and diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as marshal du Plessis-Praslin
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Claude de Choiseul, comte de Choiseul-Francières (1632–1711), who distinguished himself in the
battle of Seneffe against the
Dutch Republic and made a marshal in 1693
Two bishops and an archbishop:
Also a famous minister, a diplomat, etc. :
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Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719–1785), ambassador then
Secretary of State to
Louis XV
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César Gabriel de Choiseul, duc de Praslin (1712–1785), cousin of the former, ambassador then secretary of state to Louis XV
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Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752–1817), French writer
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Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville (1760–1838), French writer and
peer
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Charles de Choiseul-Praslin (1805–1847), 5th Duke of Praslin, French
député and peer
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Gaston Louis Philippe de Choiseul-Praslin (1834–1906), 6th Duke of Praslin, married to Mary Elizabeth Forbes, sister of
H. De Courcy Forbes
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Horace de Choiseul-Praslin (23 February 1837 – 26 December 1915)
- Comte Eugène Antonio (Antoine) Horace de Choiseul-Praslin, a French politician.
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