House of Lévis
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The House of Lévis or Lévis-Mirepoix is a French noble family. The family originally came from the village of Lévis-Saint-Nom in the Chevreuse valley, in the Yvelines département of Île-de-France.[1]: 150 Notable members of the family include:
- Philippe de Levis (1435 – 1475), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
- Louis Charles de Lévis (1647 – 18 September 1717), nobleman
- Anne-Claude de Lévis (31 October 1692 – 5 September 1765), French antiquarian
- Gaston Pierre de Lévis (1699 – 1757), Marshal of France
- François Gaston de Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), Marshal of France
- Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (7 March 1764 – 15 February 1830), politician, and aphorist
- Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1 August 1884 – 16 July 1981), historian, novelist and essayist
- Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix (11 August 1887 – 27 July 1978), writer better known by her pen name, Claude Silve
References
- ^ Michel Riou (2007). Ardèche, terre d'histoire: histoire de l'Ardèche et de l'ancien Vivarais (in French). Montmélian: Fontaine de Siloé. ISBN 9782842063825.
Further reading
- Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Lévis, Lyon, 2007.