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4 unusual facts about House of Rohan


Guignen

The title of Viscount of Guignen had been the property of the House of Rohan since the 15th century.

Mauron

Many corpses were left on the field of battle, including the marshal of Offemont, the comte of Marche, the lords Bricquebec, Beauvais, Alain VII (11th vicomte Rohan), Tinténiac and a significant number of knights (around 140).

Plogonnec

Their lands included both the west and east parts of the commune but the central part was under the control of the Princes of the House of Rohan under the direct authority of the Bishops of Cornouaille.

Porhoët

The noble Breton family line of Porhoët is represented in modern times by the Franco-Breton House of Rohan.


Henri Chabot

On 6 June 1645, he married Marguerite de Rohan, sole heiress of the Duke of Rohan and member of the powerful House of Rohan which claimed ancestry to the old Dukes of Brittany.

Hercule, Duke of Montbazon

François de Rohan, Prince of Soubise (1630 – 24 August 1712) married Cathérine Lyonne and had no issue; married again to Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princess of Soubise, and had issue; founder of the Soubise line of the House of Rohan;

Louis Jean Marie de La Trémoille

His accidental death before his 25th year extinguished the last but one (i.e., the House of Rohan) of France's most renowned prince étranger families, whose struggles and alliances with the Valois and Bourbon kings of France constitute no small part of the history of the ancien régime.


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