Louis-Léon de Brancas

Louis-Léon-Félicité de Brancas, 3rd duc de Lauraguais seated in his study, with chemical apparatus.

Louis-Léon de Brancas (3 July 1733 – 9 October 1824), 3rd duc de Lauraguais, 6th duc de Villars, was a French general and author, and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

He was the son of Louis de Brancas-Villars and Adelaide-Genevieve d'O, Marquise de Franconville.[1] He married Elisabeth-Pauline de Gand, Princess d'Isenghien, in 1755.

References

  1. ↑ Sainte-Marie, Anselme de (1726–1733). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume. Paris: La compagnie des libraires. ISBN 978-1271530779.


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