Spouse Anne Julie de Melun | Name Jules, of | |
Born 16 January 1697
Paris, France ( 1697-01-16 ) Died 24 May 1724(1724-05-24) (aged 27)
Hotel de Soubise, Paris, France Issue
Detail Charles, Prince of Soubise
Armand, cardinal de Soubise
Marie Louise, Countess of Marsan Father Hercule Meriadec de Rohan Mother Anne Genevieve de Levis | ||
Jules de Rohan (Jules Francois Louis; 16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven.
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Born in Paris to Hercule Meriadec de Rohan and his wife Anne Genevieve de Levis, as a member of the House of Rohan, he was entitled to the style of Highness. His mother was the only child of Madame de Ventadour.
At the age of sixteen, he married Anne Julie de Melun. The couple were wed in Paris on 16 September 1714. His wife was a daughter of Louis de Melun and Elisabeth Therese de Lorraine, herself a great grand daughter of Henry IV of France and were the parents of five children.
In May 1724, he and his wife caught smallpox. Jules was first to succumb to the illness and was followed by his wife on 18 May.