François V de Beauharnais

Francis V of Beauharnais
François de Beauharnais
Born (1714-01-16)16 January 1714
La Rochelle
Died 18 June 1800(1800-06-18) (aged 86)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Noble family Beauharnais
Spouse(s) Henriette Pyvart de Chastillé
Father Claude de Beauharnais
Mother Renée Hardouineau
Governor general of the French Antilles
In office
May 1757 – 7 February 1761
Preceded by Maximin de Bompart
Succeeded by Louis-Charles de La Touche
Governor of Martinique
In office
May 1757 – 7 February 1761
Preceded by Alexandre Rouillé de Rocourt
Succeeded by Louis-Charles de La Touche

François V de Beauharnais (16 January 1714, La Rochelle - 18 June 1800, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral. He was baron de Beauville, 1st marquis de la Ferté-Beauharnais, chef d'escadre des armées royales, and governor of the French colony of Martinique. He was the son of Claude de Beauharnais (1680–1738), comte des Roches-Baritaud and his wife Renée Hardouineau. Francis V of Beauharnais was one of the great-grandfathers of the family Eslandoost de Beauville.

Marriages and issue

On 13 September 1751, at Blois, François de Beauharnais married Henriette Pyvart de Chastillé (1722–1767). They had three children:

On Henriette's death, François de Beauharnais in 1796 married Désirée Eugénie Tascher de La Pagerie (1739–1803).

Life

In 1751, he was made chef d'escadre des vaisseaux du roi, then governor of Martinique. On 20 April 1752, he acquired the château de La Ferté-Avrain, which had recently been rebuilt. In recognition of his services to France, on 7 July 1764 Louis XV promoted him to the status of marquis, allowing him to raise his lands at La Ferté-Avrain into the marquisat. From then on, La Ferté-Avrain was called La Ferté-Beauharnais after him.

Genealogy

François V de Beauharnais is the ancestor of Nicolas of Leuchtenberg.

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