Nationality French Name Henri Chabot | Citizenship French Other names Henri Chabot Parents Charles Chabot | |
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Born 1616 ( 1616 ) Died February 27, 1655, Chanteloup-les-Vignes, France Spouse Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan (m. 1645) Children Louis, Duke of Rohan, Anne de Rohan-Chabot Grandchildren Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot, Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, Hercule Meriadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan Similar People Anne de Rohan‑Chabot, Henri - Duke of Rohan, Francois - Prince of Soubise, Armand Gaston Maximilie, Hercule - Duke of Montbazon |
Henri Chabot (1616 – 27 February 1655) was a French nobleman and Duke of Rohan (first by marriage and then in his own right). His wife was the heiress Marguerite de Rohan, daughter of Henri, Duke of Rohan. He is also known as Henri de Chabot.
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Biography
Henri was the son of Charles Chabot and Henriette de Lur-Saluces. He was the Seigneur of Saint-Aulaye. His great-grandfather was Guy Chabot, a member of old Poitevin nobility, Baron of Jarnac, whose unexpected success in a 1547 duel passed into the French language as the "coup de Jarnac".
On 6 June 1645, Henri married Marguerite de Rohan, sole heiress of the Duke of Rohan and member of the powerful House of Rohan which claimed descent from the old Dukes of Brittany. The couple had six children, three of whom would have further children.