The House of Rohan is a French noble family of viscounts, later dukes and princes, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët, the Rohan are related to the Dukes of Brittany, with whom the family intermingled again after its inception. They developed ties with the French and English royal houses as well, and played an important role in France and European history.
Branches and titles
Alain I de Rohan, son of the viscount of Porhoët, was the first to take on the name of Rohan, after the place where he was born.
The main branch of the family became extinct when Jean II died childless in 1638; his title and possessions passed on to the cadet branch of Rohan-Gié.
When the first duke of Rohan, Henri II de Rohan-Gié, died, his title and name passed on to the Chabot family as his only daughter married Henri Chabot. This created the Rohan-Chabot lineage, which was not really a branch of the Rohan family.
During the 17th and 18th centuries the Rohan also bore the title Prince Étranger habitué en France due to their descent from the old kings of Brittany and their hereditary control of the archbishopric of Strasbourg, which made them princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
Rohan-Gié, extinct 1638
Rohan-Soubise, extinct 1787
The family of Rohan has a long documented history, with close ties to the Dukes of Brittany.
Alain I (-c. 1127), son of Eudes, Viscount of Porhoët
Alain II (-1170)
Alain III (1135-1195)
Alain IV (1166-1205)
Geoffrey I (-15 Sep 1221)
Olivier I (-1228)
Alain V (-1242) married Eleanor, daughter of Eudes III of PorhoëtAlain VI (-1304)
Olivier II (-1326)
Alain VII (-c 1352)
Jean I (1324-1396) married Jeanne of Leon (-1372) and then Jeanne of Navarre, daughter of Philip III of NavarreAlain VIII (-1429) Viscount of Rohan and lord of Leon, from the first marriage
Charles (-1438) lord of Guéméné, from the second marriage
Alain VIII, son of Jean I and Jeanne of Leon
Alain IX (-1462) married Marguerite, daughter of John V, Duke of Brittany and then Marie, daughter of Antoine, Count of Vaudémont
Alain (-c. 1449), son of Marguerite and Count of Porhoët, married Yolande, daughter of Guy XIV de Laval by his first wife, Isabella, daughter of John VI, Duke of Brittany
Marguerite, daughter of Marguerite, married John, Count of Angoulême
Catherine, daughter of Marguerite, married Jean I of Albret and then Jacques Dinan
Francoise Dinan married Guy XIV de Laval as his second wife.
Jean II (-1519), son of Marie, married Marie, daughter of Francis I, Duke of Brittany
Jacques (-1527) married Francoise, daughter of Louis III of Rohan
Anne married Pierre II of Rohan
Marie (-9 Jun 1542) married Louis IV of Rohan
Charles, lord of Guéméné, son of Jean I and Jeanne of Navarre
Louis I (-15 Dec 1457)
Louis II (-25 May 1508)
Pierre (-1513)
Louis III (-29 Aug 1498)
Louis IV (-14 Jun 1527) married MarieLouis V (c 1513-14 May 1557) married Marguerite de Laval, daughter of Guy XVI de Laval
Louis VI (3 Apr 1540-4 Jun 1611) married Leonore
Louis VII (1562-01 Nov 1589)
Hercule, Duke of Montbazon, a title retained in this branch
Louis VIII (5 Aug 1598-23 Feb 1667)
Charles II (7 Jul 1633-3 Jul 1699)
Charles III (30 Sep 1655-10 Oct 1727)
Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (13 November 1688 – 21 December 1757)
Charles, Prince of Rochefort (7 Aug 1693-25 Feb 1766), started the line of the Princes of Rochefort
Pierre (-1513), son of Louis I, married Francoise Porhoët
Pierre II whose marriage merged the County of Rohan to the junior branch
Charles (-6 May 1528) Count of Guise
Francois (-29 Dec 1559) Viscount of Fronsac
Leonore (10 Jan 1539-20 Sep 1583) married Louis VI
Pierre II (-1524), son of Pierre married AnneRene I (1516-1552), 18th Viscount of Rohan married Isabella, daughter of John III of Navarre
Henry I
Rene II (1550-1586)Henry II (21 Aug 1579-13 Apr 1638), who saw Rohan elevated from a county to a duchy
Cathérine (20 Jun 1578-10 May 1607) was wed at the château du Parc in August 1604 to Johann II, Duke of Zweibrücken (1584-1635).
Henri II de Rohan-Gié (1579–1638) started viscount, then became the 1st duc de Rohan, and peer of France
Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (1669–1749)
Maria di Rohan
Louis René Édouard de Rohan
Charles, Prince of Soubise
Victoire de Rohan
Marie de Rohan
Ferdinand Maximilien Meriadec de Rohan
Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
