François VI de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

Born 15 Sep 1613 in Paris, France

Ancestors

Husband of Andrée (de Vivonne) de La Rochefoucauld — married 20 Jan 1628 in France

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1680 at age 66 in Paris, France

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Biography

His great-grandfather François III, count de La Rochefoucauld, being a Huguenot. was killed in the St.Bartholomew's Day massacre.

François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld was born on 15 September 1613 in Paris, France and his parents were François V de La Rochefoucauld, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1588–1650) and Gabrielle du Plessis-Liancourt, He was born at a time when the royal court was vacillating between aiding the nobility and threatening it.

He was married (at the age of 14) on 20 January 1628 to Andrée de Vivonne.

On 01 May 1629 (at the age of 16) he succeeded to his uncle Benjamin de La Rochefoucauld, count of Estissac, as camp master of the Estissac regiment.

In 1630 he joined the army.

He was considered an exemplar of the accomplished seventeenth century nobleman. Until 1650, he bore the title of Prince de Marcillac.

In 1665 he anonymously published the Maximes, which established his position among the men of letters of the time.

He was a noted French moralist and author of maxims and memoirs. He is part of the literary movement of classicism and best known for his maxims. Although he only officially published his Memoirs and his Maxims, his literary production is dense.

In 1671 he gave his titles and honors to his son.

He died on 17 March 1680 in Paris, France.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2F6-7VV

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_La_Rochefoucauld

See also:

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell

See also:

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell