Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont

Antoine de Gramont
1st Duke of Gramont
Antoine II de Gramont
Born1572
Died1644
Noble familyGramont
Spouse(s)
  • 1. Louise de Roquelaure
  • 2. Claude de Montmorency
Issue
Detail
Antoine, Philibert, & others
FatherPhilibert, Count of Guiche
MotherDiane d'Andoins

Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont (1572–1644) was a member of minor French nobility by birth. Created the 1st Duke of Gramont in 1643 by King Louis XIV,[1] he was automatically a Peer.[2] His granddaughter Catherine Charlotte de Gramont married Louis I, Prince of Monaco, making Antoine a direct ancestor of the present reigning Albert II of Monaco.[3] Though created the 1st Duke of Gramont, the creation of the title was not officially registered in Parliament before his death, so his son had to petition for the dukedom to be recognised.[4] His mother had been royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

  1. ^ Jean de Jaurgain and Raymond Ritter, "La maison de Gramont 1040-1967", Les amis du Musée Pyrénéen, Aturbe (Two volumes)
  2. ^ Jean de Jaurgain and Raymond Ritter, "La maison de Gramont 1040-1967" , Les amis du Musée Pyrénéen, Aturbe (Two volumes)
  3. ^ Louda, Jiří; Maclagan, Michael (1999) [1981], Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.), London: Little, Brown, p. 115, ISBN 978-0-316-84820-6
  4. ^ Ritter, Raymond (1959). Une dame de chevalerie, Corisande d'Andoins, comtesse de Guiche. Albin Michel.