Francois I de La Rochefoucauld,
Comte de Roucy, Baron de Pierrepont (1603-1680)
son of Charles de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, Comte de Roucy
and Claude de Gontaut-Biron
Born 9 September 1603 Verteuil
Died 3 January 1680 Chateau de Roucy
Married 13 December 1627 Sedan
Juliane Catherine de La Tour d'Auvergne
Born 8 October 1604
Died 6 October 1637
He was born on Tuesday 9 September 1603 at Verteuil. In 1623 the Marechal
de La Force wrote to his wife, "Monsieur, the Count of Roucy, arrived yesterday;
he is strong but gentle; I will present him to the king so he can pay his
respects."
On 13 December 1627 at Sedan he married Juliane Catherine de La Tour
d'Auvergne and they produced three children. Juliane Catherine was very
well connected, being the daughter of the Duc de Bouillon, sister of the
famous Mar‚chal Turenne, as well as a granddaughter of Prince William the
Silent.
In 1629 he was arrested and imprisoned while proclaiming his innocence
but was soon released. He lost his wife when she was only thirty-three
years of age, while he himself died at the age of
seventy-six.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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