Armand du Cambout, 1st

Duke of Coislin Duke of Coislin (French language, Fr.: ''duc de Coislin'') was a title of nobility in the peerage of France created by Louis XIV of France in 1665 for Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, Armand de Camboust. List of Dukes of Coislin, 1665—1732 ...

(1 September 1635,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

– 16 September 1702) was a French lieutenant général des armées du roi, and a duke and

peer of France The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...

. The son of a colonel in the Swiss Guards, he was elected a member of the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

in 1652 aged 16 and a half. After his death his seat was then held by his two sons,

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

and Henri-Charles.

External links

Biography at Académie française site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camboust 1635 births 1702 deaths Members of the Académie Française Armand 1 17th-century peers of France 18th-century peers of France Peers created by Louis XIV