Yves d'Alègre
Yves d'Alègre (1653 – 3 March 1733). He was the fifth head of the Alègre family, and
marquis of Tourzel as well as seigneur of Montaigu, of Saint-Flour-le-Châtel, of Aurouze and of Aubusson and count of Flaugeac
.
Life
He fought in all
Lieutenant-General
in January 1702.
He was captured on 18 July 1705 during the
imprisoned. In 1712 he was freed and the same year took part in the capture of Douai on 8 September, the siege of Quesnoy on 4 October and the siege of Bouchain
on 11 October.
In 1706 he was appointed Governor of
Knight of Malta, King Louis XV appointed him a Chevalier of the Order du Saint-Esprit
in 1728.
Marriage and issue
On 29 August 1679 he married Jeanne (1658-1723), daughter of Jean de Giraud, lord of Donneville. They had five children:
- Yves-Emmanuel (1685-1705) Count of Alègre and of Millau
- Marie-Thérèse (1680–1706) married (1696) Michel marquis de Louvois[1]
- Marie-Marguerite (1688-1752) married (1705) Philippe de Recourt, count of Rupelmonde (various factums published in 1727 refer to him as Joseph de Boulogne de Licques, count of Rupelmonde)
- Marie-Emmanuelle married (1713) Jean-Baptiste Desmarets, marquis of Maillebois, Marshal of France
- Marguerite-Thérèse (b. 1700 & d. young)
After the death of Marquise Jeanne, his first wife, he married secondly Madeleine d'Ancezune on 21 August 1724.
Notes
External links
- Genealogy of the Alègre family at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2007)
- History of the town of Allegre and the Alegre family at the Wayback Machine (archived February 1, 2009)
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