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'''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, [[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)]], [[Count|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{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}. |
'''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)]], [[Count|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{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}. |
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==Marriages and issue== |
==Marriages and issue== |
Revision as of 11:30, 23 July 2018
Francis V of Beauharnais | |
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Born | La Rochelle | 16 January 1714
Died | 18 June 1800 Saint-Germain-en-Laye | (aged 86)
Noble family | Beauharnais |
Spouse(s) | Henriette Pyvart de Chastillé |
Father | Claude de Beauharnais |
Mother | Renée Hardouineau |
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[citation needed].
Marriages and issue
On 13 September 1751, at Blois, François de Beauharnais married Henriette Pyvart de Chastillé (1722–1767). They had three children:
- François de Beauharnais (1752–1753)
- François de Beauharnais (VI) (1756–1846), 3rd comte des Roches-Baritaud
- Alexandre de Beauharnais.
On Henriette's death, François de Beauharnais in 1796 married Désirée Eugénie Tascher de La Pagerie (1739–1803).
Leben
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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