Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne

Jacques Léopold
Duke of Bouillon
The Children of the Duke of Bouillon Dressed as Montagnard by Drouais (1756)
Born	(1746-01-15)15 January 1746
Died
Spouse	Hedwig of Hesse-Rotenburg
Full name Jacques Léopold Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne
Father	Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne
Mother	Louise Henriette Gabrielle de Lorraine

Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne (Jacques Léopold Charles Godefroy; 15 January 1746 – 7 February 1802) was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Sovereign Dukes of Bouillon. He was the last Duke of Bouillon succeeding his father in 1792.

Biography

The eldest and only surviving of four sons, he was born to the Prince and Princess of Turenne in 1746. From 1771, Jacques Léopold was styled as the Prince of Turenne as the heir of the Duchy of Bouillon.

A first cousin was Henri Louis de Rohan, the scandalous Prince of Guéméné

He married Hedwig of Hesse-Rotenburg, grand daughter of Ernest Leopold of Hesse-Rotenburg and Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. The couple were married at Carlsburg on 17 July 1766 but had no children.

He lived at the Château de Navarre, his French estate, prior to the revolution and succeeded his father in 1792. During the collapse of the Ancien Régime, the duchy of Bouillon was taken from him in 1794 and absorbed into France in October 1795. He was known as citoyen Léopold La Tour d'Auvergne during the revolution. However in 1800, he recovered the duchy but was obliged to pay off debts to the tune of 3 million Livres.

Jacques was the last Duke of Bouillon, and following the Napoleonic Wars the duchy was absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Princes of Guéméné today claim the Duchy of Bouillon as their own due to the marriage of Marie Louise (his aunt) and Jules de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné. He has no known descendants.

Ancestry

Family of Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne

16. Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne               8. Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne                       17. Marie Anne Mancini               4. Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne                             18. Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille               9. Marie Armande Victoire de La Trémouille                       19. Madeleine de Créquy               2. Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne                                   20. John III Sobieski               10. Jakub Ludwik Sobieski                       21. Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien               5. Maria Karolina Sobieska                             22. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine               11. Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth Amelia of Neuburg                       23. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt               1. Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne                                         24. Henri de Lorraine, Count of Armangnac, Count of Harcourt               12. Charles de Lorraine, Count of Marsan                       25. Marguerite Philippe du Cambout               6. Charles Louis de Lorraine, Count of Marsan                             26. Henri Goyon de Matignon, Count of Thorigny               13. Catherine Thérèse de Goyon de Matignon                       27. Marie Françoise Le Tellier, Lady of La Luthumière               3. Louise Henriette Gabrielle de Lorraine                                   28. Gaston de Roquelaure, Duke of Roquelaure               14. Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure                       29. Charlotte Marie de Daillon, Lady of Lude               7. Elisabeth de Roquelaure                             30. Guy Urbain de Laval, Marquis of Laval-Lezay               15. Marie Louise de Laval                       31. Françoise de Sesmaisons

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 15 January 1746 – 24 October 1771 His Highness the Prince of Bouillon
• 24 October 1771 – 3 December 1792 His Highness the Prince of Turenne
• 3 December 1792 – 7 February 1802 His Highness the Duke of Bouillon