Pierre d'Alcantara-Charles-Marie, prince d'Arenberg, duc d'Arenberg, (Paris 2 October 1790 – Brussels 27 September 1877).[citation needed]
Pierre d'Alcantara Charles, was born on 2 October 1790 as 3rd son of Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg. He entered into the service of France. He distinguished himself during the campaigns in Spain and followed the Emperor Napoleon the Russian campaign, as an officer of ordinance. Made a peer of France on 25 November 1827, (Duke-Peer 1828) he became a naturalized French subject by order of King Charles X, 28 February 1828.[1]
He was a member of the French Chamber of Peers.
He founded a new branch of the House of Arenberg and his descendants still bear his title.