Charles Juste de Beauvau, 2nd Prince of Craon
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2nd Marc de Beauvau | |
Mother | Anne Marguerite de Ligneville |
Charles Juste de Beauvau, 2nd Prince of Craon (10 September 1720 – 21 May 1793), 2nd
Personal and public life
Charles Juste was born at the Hôtel de Craon in
His mother, Anne Marguerite de Ligneville, was the
He married twice; firstly on 3 April 1745 to Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne (20 December 1729 – 6 September 1763), daughter of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne and his last wife Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine. The couple had one child who married into the Noailles family. His first wife Marie Charlotte died of Smallpox aged 33.
Marie Charlotte died in 1763. The next year, on 14 March, he married again; this time to Marie Charlotte Sylvie de Rohan-Chabot, a cousin of Charles, Prince of Soubise. The couple had no children, Marie Charlotte Sylvie outliving her husband till 1807.
He entered military service for France and was made a lieutenant of the cavalry on 10 December 1738; colonel of the guard (Lorraine) on 1 May 1740 and distinguished himself under the leadership of the
He was named the governor of Languedoc on 12 June 1747; he was later created the governor of Provence.
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He had dealings with the
He was created a Marshal of France in 1783. In 1789, he served in the Secretary of State for War for six months. A supporter of reforms, he was untroubled by the French Revolution and died in his bed at the height of the Reign of Terror.
The maréchal de Beauvau, died at the hôtel de Beauvau, his Parisian residence on the
His nephew Marc Étienne Gabriel de Beauvau (1773–1849) became the next Prince of Beauvau.
The present Noailles duc de Mouchy is a direct descendant of Charles Juste.
Issue
- Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau, Mademoiselle de Beauvau (1 April 1750 – 20 November 1834) married Philippe Louis de Noailles, Prince de Poix, later Duke of Mouchyand had issue.
References
- Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French).
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