House of Rohan
The House of Rohan (Breton: Roc'han) is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët, the Rohan are related to the Dukes of Brittany, with whom the family intermingled again after its inception. They developed ties with the French and English royal houses as well, and played an important role in French and European history.
Branches and titles
Alain I de Rohan, son of the viscount of Porhoët, was the first to take on the name of Rohan, after the place where he was born.
The main branch of the family became extinct when Jean II died childless in 1638; his title and possessions passed on to the cadet branch of Rohan-Gié.
When the first duke of Rohan, Henri II de Rohan-Gié, died, his title and name passed on to the Chabot family as his only daughter married Henri Chabot. This created the Rohan-Chabot lineage, which was not really a branch of the Rohan family.
During the 17th and 18th centuries the Rohan also bore the title Prince Étranger habitué en France due to their descent from the old kings of Brittany and their hereditary control of the archbishopric of Strasbourg, which made them princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Rohan-Gié, extinct 1638
- Rohan-Soubise, extinct 1787
Descent tree
The family of Rohan has a long documented history, with close ties to the Dukes of Brittany.
Earliest Viscounts of Rohan
Alan I (-c. 1127), son of Odo I, Viscount of Porhoët
- Alan II (-1170)
- Alan III (1135-1195) married Constance, daughter of Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond and Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and sister of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
- Alan IV (1166-1205)
- Geoffrey I (-15 Sep 1221) married firstly Margaret, daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany and Guy of Thouars, and secondly Gervaise, daughter of Alan of Dinan and Clemencia of Fougères, but died without issue
- Oliver I (-1228), died without issue
- Alan V (-1242) married Eleanor, daughter of Eudes III of Porhoët[1]
- Alan VI (-1304)
- Oliver II (-1326)
- Alan VII (-c 1352)
- John I (1324-1396) married Jeanne of Leon (-1372) and then Jeanne of Navarre, daughter of Philip III of Navarre[2]
- Alan VII (-c 1352)
- Oliver II (-1326)
- Alan VI (-1304)
- Alan IV (1166-1205)
- Alan III (1135-1195) married Constance, daughter of Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond and Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and sister of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
Leon Branch
- Alan VIII, son of John I and Jeanne of Leon
- Alan IX (-1462) married Margaret, daughter of John V, Duke of Brittany and then Marie, daughter of Antoine, Count of Vaudémont
- Alan (-c. 1449), son of Margaret and Count of Porhoët, married Yolanda, daughter of Guy XIV de Laval by his first wife, Isabella, daughter of John VI, Duke of Brittany
- Margaret, daughter of Margaret, married John, Count of Angoulême[3]
- Catherine, daughter of Margaret, married Jean I of Albret and then Jacques Dinan
- Françoise de Dinan married Guy XIV de Laval as his second wife.
- John II (-1519), son of Marie, married Marie, daughter of Francis I, Duke of Brittany
- Jacques (-1527) married Francoise, daughter of Louis III of Rohan
- Anne married Pierre II of Rohan[4]
- Marie (-9 Jun 1542) married Louis IV of Rohan
- Alan IX (-1462) married Margaret, daughter of John V, Duke of Brittany and then Marie, daughter of Antoine, Count of Vaudémont
Guéméné Branch
- Charles, lord of Guéméné, son of Jean I and Jeanne of Navarre
- Louis I (-15 Dec 1457)
- Louis II (-25 May 1508)
- Pierre (-1513)
- Louis III (-29 Aug 1498)
- Louis IV (-14 Jun 1527) married Marie[3]
- Louis V (c 1513-14 May 1557) married Marguerite de Laval, daughter of Guy XVI de Laval
- Louis VI (3 Apr 1540-4 Jun 1611) married Leonore
- Louis VII (1562-01 Nov 1589)
- Hercule, Duke of Montbazon,[4] a title retained in this branch
- Louis VIII (5 Aug 1598-23 Feb 1667)
- Charles II (7 Jul 1633-3 Jul 1699)
- Charles III (30 Sep 1655-10 Oct 1727)
- Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (13 November 1688 – 21 December 1757)
- Charles, Prince of Rochefort (7 Aug 1693-25 Feb 1766), started the line of the Princes of Rochefort[5]
- Charles III (30 Sep 1655-10 Oct 1727)
- Charles II (7 Jul 1633-3 Jul 1699)
- Louis VIII (5 Aug 1598-23 Feb 1667)
- Louis VI (3 Apr 1540-4 Jun 1611) married Leonore
- Louis V (c 1513-14 May 1557) married Marguerite de Laval, daughter of Guy XVI de Laval
- Louis IV (-14 Jun 1527) married Marie[3]
- Louis III (-29 Aug 1498)
- Louis I (-15 Dec 1457)
Junior Branch
- Pierre (-1513), son of Louis I, married Francoise Porhoët
- Pierre II whose marriage merged the County of Rohan to the junior branch
- Charles (-6 May 1528) Count of Guise
- Francois (-29 Dec 1559) Viscount of Fronsac
- Leonore (10 Jan 1539-20 Sep 1583) married Louis VI
- Francois (-29 Dec 1559) Viscount of Fronsac
Merged Branch
- Pierre II (-1524), son of Pierre married Anne[3]
- Rene I (1516-1552), 18th Viscount of Rohan married Isabella, daughter of John III of Navarre
Notable members
- Henri II de Rohan-Gié (1579–1638) started viscount, then became the 1st duc de Rohan, peer of France
- Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (1669–1749)
- Charles, Prince of Soubise
- Victoire de Rohan
- Marie de Rohan, depicted in Maria di Rohan
- Louis René Édouard, Cardinal de Rohan
- Ferdinand Maximilien Meriadec de Rohan
- Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
- Charles Edward Stuart, Count Roehenstart
- Berthe de Rohan
- Loni Hoots, descendant of Francois De Rohan Gie I(1515–1559) on her mother's side. The Rohan descendants married into a Native American tribe named Miami.
See also
- Duke of Brittany
- Duchy of Montbazon
- Duke of Rohan
- French nobility
- List of French peerages
- Almanach de Gotha
- Bohemian nobility
- Josselin
- Rohan Castle
- Princess of Soubise
- Hotel de Soubise, Paris
- Hotel de Rohan, Paris
- Hotel de Rohan-Guéméné, Paris
- Palais Rohan, Bordeaux
- Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
- Château des Rohan (Mutzig)
- Palais Rohan, Prague
- Sychrov Castle
- Lysa nad Labem
References
- ↑ "Brittany". Fmg.ac. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav (2004-01-30). "Rohan 1". Genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- 1 2 3 Marek, Miroslav (2004-03-10). "Rohan 3". Genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- 1 2 3 Walsby, Malcolm (2007). The Counts of Laval. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company. pp. 180–190. ISBN 9780754658115.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav (2005-01-04). "Rohan 4". Genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- ↑ Anselme, Père. ‘’Histoire de la Maison Royale de France’’, tome 4. Editions du Palais-Royal, 1967, Paris. pp. 71-72. (French).
- ↑ Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F.; B. (1985). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome IV -- Wittelsbach. France: Laballery. pp. 83, 106–107. ISBN 2-901138-04-7.
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