Gabriel-Jacques de Salignac de La Motte, marquis de Fénelon
Gabriel-Jacques de Salignac de La Motte (25 July 1688 – 2 October 1746)
military commander and diplomat
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A career soldier, his military appointments included
Lieutenant-General of the French Army
in 1738.
London in 1741.[1]
Family
Descended from an aristocratic family of churchmen, courtiers and soldiers, he was accorded the courtesy title of Vicomte de Saint-Julien. Upon the death of his father François de Salignac in 1742, he succeeded in the family titles as Marquis de Fénelon et de Salignac, comte de La Motte, baron de Loubert, seigneur de Mareuil, de Boisse & de Péricard, etc.
He married, on 24 December 1721, Françoise-Louise, daughter of
marquessate upon his death in 1746.[2]
His wife, Françoise-Louise marquise de Fénelon, died in 1782.
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Collar of the Saint-Esprit
Honours
- Conseiller d'Etat
- Chevalier du Saint-Esprit
- Chevalier de Malte
See also
- Archbishop François Fénelon
- Château de Fénelon
- Château de La Motte-Fénelon
- Château de Salignac
- Fénelon
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