Adrien Gabriel Victurnien de Rougé (2 July 1782 in Everly – 16 June 1838 in

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), was a French statesman, distinguished soldier, and

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member of the

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. Adrien was a son of Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé and his wife Natalie Victurnienne. He served under the Comte d'Artois, later King

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, in the Army of the Princes, first as a second lieutenant in the Infantry, then in 1800 as a "" in the Mortemart regiment. He served then as an officer of the King's Mousquetaires in 1814. From 1815 to 1823, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the of the

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. In 1816, Charles X appointed him to the Peerage with the title of Comte. For a time he commanded one of the four subdivisions of the army stationed in

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. He became the leader of the Knights of the Faith, a very powerful secret ultra conservative organisation. He refused his allegiance to the government of King

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Family

By his wife, Caroline de Forbin d'Oppède (1789-1872), married on 18 September 1809, in

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, they had four children: *Félix, Comte de Rougé 1810–1893 *Armel, Comte de Rougé 1813–1898 *Marie de Rougé 1816–1860 *Delphine de Rougé 1820–1852.

References

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