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La Rochefoucauld Family
French noble family
La Rochefoucauld Family, one of Franceās noblest families, traceable in Angoumois to the year 1019. Ducal titles belonging to it are: duke (duc) de La Rochefoucauld (1622); duke de La Roche-Guyon (1679); duke dāAnville (1732); duke dāEstissac; duke de Liancourt (1747); duke de Doudeauville (1780); duke (duca) di Bisaccia (Neapolitan title; 1851); and duke (duque) de EstrĆ©es (Spanish title; 1892). Its two best-known members are FranƧois VI, duke de La Rochefoucauld and FranƧois-Alexandre-FrĆ©dĆ©ric, duke de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. The familyās claim to princely privileges in France was urged without success in the mid-17th century, but the bearers of the Bisaccia title were granted princely rank in Bavaria in 1855.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.
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