Henri Chabot (1616 – 27 February 1655) was a French nobleman and

Duke of Rohan Duke of Rohan is a title of French nobility, associated with the Breton region of Rohan, Morbihan, Rohan. Duke of Rohan House of Rohan House of Chabot House of Rohan-Chabot ''The title ''prince de Léon'' is used a courtesy title until the ...

(first by marriage and then in his own right). His wife was the heiress Marguerite de Rohan, daughter of Henri, Duke of Rohan. He is also known as Henri de Chabot.

Biography

Henri was the son of Charles de Chabot, Seigneur de Saint-Gelais and Henriette de Lur-Saluces. He was the

Seigneur A seigneur () or lord is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. The seigneur owned a seigneurie, seigneury, or lordship—a form of ...

of Saint-Aulaye. His great-grandfather was Guy de Chabot, a member of old Poitevin nobility, Baron of Jarnac, whose unexpected success in a 1547 duel passed into the French language as the "''coup de Jarnac''". On 6 June 1645, Henri married Marguerite de Rohan, sole heiress of the

and member of the powerful

House of Rohan The House of Rohan () is a Bretons, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan, Morbihan, Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to tr ...

which claimed descent from the old Dukes of Brittany.Saint-Simon, ''Mémoires'' (1701-1702), vol. II, Éditions de la Pléiade-Gallimard, 1983, p 809 The couple had six children, three of whom would have further children.

Issue

*X de Rohan-Chabot *Marguerite Gabrielle Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot (d.17 June 1720) - married Malo de Coëtquen, Marquis de Coëtquen and had issue; * ''Anne'' Julie de Rohan-Chabot (1648 – 4 February 1709),

Princess of Soubise Within the French nobility, "Princess of Soubise" was the title given to the wife of the Prince of Soubise. The title was established in 1667 when the ''sire, sirerie'' of Soubise, Charente-Maritime was elevated to a principality. The title was he ...

- married Prince François de Rohan-Soubise and had issue; was mistress of

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

; *Gilone de Rohan-Chabot - (?) died in infancy; * Louis de Rohan-Chabot, Duke of Rohan, Prince of Léon (3 November 1652 – 17 August 1727) - married Marie Elisabeth du Bec-Crespin de Grimaldi and had issue; * Jeanne Pelagie de Rohan-Chabot (d.18 August 1698) - married Alexandre Guillaume de Melun, Prince of Epinoy and had issue; was grandmother of Anne Julie de Melun,

(wife of Jules de Rohan).

References and notes

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