Louis Georges Érasme de Contades
(1704/1795)
Maréchal de France. Il fut commandant en chef d’Alsace, puis gouverneur de Lorraine.
Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac
(1734/1792)
Grand panetier de France, capitaine des Cent-Suisses de la garde du roi, gouverneur de Paris (1771-1791), il est assassiné lors des massacres de septembre 1792.
François d'Aix de La Chaize
(1624/1709)
A French Jesuit priest and confessor to King Louis XIV, he was better known as Father de La Chaize and Père Lachaise. The Parisian cemetery created on the site of his residence bears his name.
Louis-Auguste d'Albert d'Ailly, Duke of Chaulnes
(1676/1744)
French military officer. He was elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1741.
Marshal of Rochefort
(1626/1676)
French military officer, known as the "Marshal of Rochefort". Marshal of France, general of the King's armies, captain of His Majesty's Bodyguard, governor and lieutenant general of the provinces of Lorraine and Barrois, of Metz, Toul, Verdun and the Metz region, and of the city of Ath in Flanders.
Jean d'Angoulême
(1399/1467)
Count of Angoulême and Périgord, brother of Charles Iof Orléans. Also known as Jean d'Orléans.
Charles of Artois
(1394/1472)
Count of Eu. He was the son of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, and Marie of Berry. Captured during the Battle of Agincourt, he regained his freedom in 1438 at the age of 44, and was then appointed lieutenant general for Île-de-France, Brie, the bailiwick of Senlis, and the Duchy of Normandy, as well as governor of Paris.
Francis I d'Este
(1610/1658)
Duke of Modena and Reggio. Powerful Italian military leader. Velasquez painted his portrait and Bernini immortalized him in a bust.
Anne Pierre d'Harcourt
(1701/1783)
French military officer, fourth Marshal of France from the Harcourt family.