Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld
{{Short description|French aristocrat (1690 - 1762)}}
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| name = Alexandre de La RochefoucauldPère Anselme , Histoire genéalogique et chronologique , Volume 4, 1728, p. 430
| title = 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Roche-Guyon
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| CoA = 100px
| tenure =
| noble family = of La Rochefoucauld
| father = François VIII de La Rochefoucauld
| mother = Madeleine Le Tellier
| issue = Louise Nicole Élisabeth, Duchess of La Roche-Guyon
Marie, Duchess of Estissac
| birth_date = 29 September 1690
| birth_place = Paris, France
| spouse = Élisabeth Bermond du Caylard (30 July 1715)
| death_date = 4 March 1762 (aged 72)
| death_place = Château de La Roche-Guyon, La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise
| predecessor =
| successor =
| full name = Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld
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Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 2nd duke of La Roche-Guyon (29 September 1690 – 4 March 1762) Histoire de la Maison Royale de France et des grands officiers de la Couronne, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, 1726, Tome IV, pages 431-432. was a French aristocrat.
Early life
He was the eldest surviving son of François VIII de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 1st duke of La Roche-Guyon and Madeleine Le Tellier, daughter of François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, minister of Louis XIV and Anne de SouvréE. de Séréville, F. de Saint-Simon, Dictionnaire de la noblesse française, 1975, page 602)
Career
Upon the death of his father in 1728, he became the 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld. Due to him only having daughters, he was requested, and was granted, permission by the Pope and by letters patent of the French King to transmit the ducal title to the male issue through the female line on the condition that his daughter marry a member of the La Rochefoucauld family. Therefore, upon his death, his title passed to his grandson, Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld due to salic law.Christophe Levantal, Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : 1519-1790, Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1996, 1218 p. (ISBN 2-7068-1219-2), p. 688-690
Personal life
On 30 July 1715, Élisabeth Bermond du Caylard (1691-1752), only child of Jacques François de Bermond du Caylard, Marquis of Toiras, and Françoise Louise de Bérard, Marquise of Vestric.La Rochefoucauld, pourquoi, la famille, le château, la cité, René-Paul Flohic, 1981, éditions Gestraud, page 44. Together, they were the parents of:
- Marie-Louise Nicole Élisabeth de La Rochefoucauld (1716–1797), who married her uncle, Guy de La Rochefoucauld, duc de La Roche-Guyon. After his death in 1731, she married Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, duc d'Anville.
- François de La Rochefoucauld (1717–1718), who died young.
- Marie de La Rochefoucauld, Dame of Liancourt (1718–1789), who married Louis François Armand de La Rochefoucauld de Roye duke of Estissac.
- François de La Rochefoucauld (1720–1721), who died young.Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de La Rochefoucauld, tome 1, Lyon, l'auteur, 2015, 244 p. (ISBN 978-2-901990-12-3), p. 82-87
- Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld (1722–1737), who died young.
Upon his death, his grandson, Louis-Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld (1743–1792), became the 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld. Upon the death of his eldest daughter, the estate of La Roche-Guyon was inherited by her two surviving children, Alexandre, Duke of Rohan and Alexandrine Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot.
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Duke of La Rochefoucauld
| after = Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld
| years = 1728–1762
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Category:Dukes of La Rochefoucauld