Anne Emmanuel de Croÿ

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Coat of arms of Croÿ-Solre

Anne-Emmanuel-Ferdinand-François de Croÿ Prince of Solre and Duke of Croÿ (10 September 1743 - 15 December 1803) was a French soldier of the 18th century who attained the rank of Maréchal de camp. He served as a member of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 representing the Bailiwick of Le Quesnoy, Hainaut.[1]

He had previously served as a member of the Assembly of Notables in 1788 and 1789.[2]

Withdrawing from France during the French Revolution, he received the sovereignty of Dülmen in Westphalia after the Congress of Ratisbon (1797).[3] Anne was the only son of Emmanuel de Croÿ-Solre, the 7th Duke of Croÿ.

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  3. Charles Joseph de Francque, Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliare (Brussels, 1826), p. 26 s.v. Croy.