Jump to content

Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Dexbot (talk | contribs) at 11:38, 4 May 2016 (Bot: Cleaning up old interwiki links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Arms of Antoine, 8th Duke of Gramont

Antoine-Louis-Marie de Gramont (17 August 1755 – 28 August 1836) was an aristocratic French general, diplomat and parliamentarian.[1]

He was known by the courtesy title of comte de Louvigny before his marriage, on 16 April 1780, to Aglaé de Polignac (who died 1803 in Edinburgh), daughter of Yolande de Polastron, Duchess de Polignac, when he was accorded the style duc de Guiche.

He succeeded a cousin as 8th Duke de Gramont and as Prince de Bidache in 1801.[2]

The Duke served as a captain in the Royal Garde du Corps before fleeing to Britain at the outset of the French Revolution. He remained loyal to the House of Bourbon, becoming a military commander under Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme and later serving briefly as French ambassador to the Court of St James's under the Bourbon Restoration.

Titles and honours

Collar of the Saint-Esprit

Titles and styles

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  2. ^ Ormancey, Abbé d' (1848), Illustrations de la noblesse européenne {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |jour=, |sous-titre=, |numéro d'édition=, |lien éditeur=, |month=, |lien auteur1=, |pages totales=, and |tome= (help)
French nobility
Preceded by
Antoine, 7th Duke of Gramont
Duke of Gramont
1801 - 1835 		Succeeded by

Template:Persondata


Stub icon

This diplomat-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoine_Louis_Marie_de_Gramont,_8th_Duke_of_Gramont&oldid=718586363"