Charles de Rohan | |
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Duke of Rohan-Rohan, Duke of Ventadour, 4th Prince of Soubise, Prince of Épinoy, Marquis of Roubaix, and Count of Saint-Pol | |
Governor of Flanders and Hainaut | |
Tenure | 26 September 1751 – 1 July 1787 |
Predecessor | Charles Joseph Marie de Boufflers |
Successor | Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix |
Monarch | Louis XVI |
Born | Palace of Versailles, Kingdom of France | 16 July 1715
Died | 1 July 1787 Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, Kingdom of France | (aged 71)
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Issue Detail | |
Noble family | Rohan |
Father | Jules, Prince of Soubise |
Mother | Anne Julie de Melun |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Service | French Royal Army |
Years of service | 1732–1762 |
Rank | Marshal of France |
Battles / wars | Seven Years' War |
Charles de Rohan, 4th Prince of Soubise (16 July 1715 – 1 July 1787), Prince of Soubise, Duke of Rohan-Rohan, Seigneur of Roberval, and Marshal of France from 1758, was a soldier, and minister to kings Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was the last male of his branch of the House of Rohan, and was great-grandfather to the Duke of Enghien, executed by Napoleon in 1804. Styled Prince d'Epinoy at birth, he became the Prince of Soubise after 1749.