Noble family Beauharnais Mother Renee Hardouineau Children Alexandre de Beauharnais | Father Claude de Beauharnais Name Francis de Grandparents Francis IV of Beauharnais | |
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Spouse(s) Henriette Pyvart de Chastille Born 16 January 1714
La Rochelle ( 1714-01-16 ) Died June 18, 1800, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France Parents Claude de Beauharnais (1680–1738) Grandchildren Hortense de Beauharnais, Eugene de Beauharnais Similar People Alexandre de Beauharnais, Hortense de Beauharnais, Eugene de Beauharnais, Josephine de Beauharnais, George Brydges Rodney | ||
Francois 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 Ferte-Beauharnais, chef d'escadre des armees 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 Renee Hardouineau. Francis V of Beauharnais was one of the great-grandfathers of the family Eslandoost de Beauville.
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Marriages and issue
On 13 September 1751, at Blois, Francois de Beauharnais married Henriette Pyvart de Chastille (1722–1767). They had three children:
On Henriette's death, Francois de Beauharnais in 1796 married Desiree Eugenie Tascher de La Pagerie (1739–1803).
Life
In 1751, he was made chef d'escadre des vaisseaux du roi, then governor of Martinique. On 20 April 1752, he acquired the chateau de La Ferte-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 Ferte-Avrain into the marquisat. From then on, La Ferte-Avrain was called La Ferte-Beauharnais after him.
Genealogy
Francois V de Beauharnais is the ancestor of Nicolas of Leuchtenberg.