House of Aumont

Family arms of the House of d'Aumont
Hôtel d'Aumont, rue de Jouy, Paris

The House of Aumont is an ancient French noble house which takes its name from Aumont, a small commune in the department of the Somme.[1] The dukedom of Aumont in the peerage of France was created in 1665 for Antoine d'Aumont de Rochebaron (1601–1669), Marquis of Isles. For over two centuries, the Dukes of Aumont held the position of First Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the king (Premier gentilhomme de la chambre du Roi).[2]

The d'Aumont family became extinct in 1888 with Louis Marie Joseph d'Aumont, last duke of Aumont, who died single and without children.[3]

  1. ^ Burkes Peerage – European Nobility, p.456
  2. ^ Burke's Royal Families of The World, Volume 1 (London, 2011), pp.440-441.
  3. ^ Amy, Alfred (1906). Essai sur les ducs d'Aumont. Impr. G. Hamain. p. 321.