Armand Louis de Gontaut
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Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron, was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he p
Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun, and duc de Biron
Armand Louis de Gontaut
Amélie de Boufflers
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Marie-Amélie de Boufflers, duchesse de Lauzun was a French noblewoman and heiress who was one of the influential princesses combinées at the court of Louis XVI. She was imprisoned and guillotined duri
Armand Louis de Gontaut
…1788, he succeeded to the duchy of Biron on the death of his uncle, Louis Antoine de Gontaut, duc de Biron (1700–1788). On 4 February 1766 he married Amélie de Boufflers (5 May 1751 – guillotined on 27 June 1794), only daughter of Charles-Joseph de Boufflers (1731–1751) and Mary Anne Philippine de Montmorency Logny…
Amélie de Boufflers
A depiction of Jean-Jacques Rousseau meeting the young Amélie de Boufflers at Château de Montmorency
The Duchess of Lauzun depicted alongside other members of the court of Louis XVI in a painting by Michel-Barthélémy Ollivier (1766)