Antoine II de Gramont
# Antoine II de Gramont

Antoine II de Gramont (1572–1644). was a member of minor French nobility by birth. Created the 1st Duke of Gramont in 1643 by King Louis XIV he was automatically a Peer His granddaughter Catherine Charlotte de Gramont married Louis I, Prince of Monaco, making Antoine a direct ancestor of the present reigning Albert II of Monaco| ref= Though created the 1st Duke of Gramont, the the creation of the title was not officially registered in Parliament before his death, so his son had to petition for a the dukedom to be recognised. His mother had been royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

## First marriage

He married Louise de Roquelaure, daughter of Antoine de Roquelaure

### Children

* Antoine III de Gramont (1604, – 12 July 1678) married Françoise Marguerite du Plessis.

## Second marriage

In 1618, he married Claude de Montmorency of the House of Montmorency.

### Children

* Henri de Gramont (died 1679) who was Count of Toulongeon.
* Philibert de Gramont, Count of Gramont (1621-1707)
* Susanne Charlotte de Gramont (1627–1688) married Henri Mitte, Marquis of Saint-Chamond.
* Anne Louise de Gramont (died 1666) married Isaac de Pas, Marquis of Feuquière.
* Françoise Marguerite de Gramont married Philippe, Marquis of Lons
* Charlotte Catherine de Gramont (died 1714), who became abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at Angers.
* Charlotte Catherine de Gramont (died 1714) never married but created Abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at Angers.

## Arms

* Écartelé, au I et IV, de gueules à trois fasce ondées d'or ; aux Iet III, cousu de gueules à trois jumelles d'argent ; sur-le-tout, contre-écartelé : au 1, d'or, au lion d'azur, armé et lampassé de gueules (Gramont) ; au 2, de gueules, à trois flèches d'or, armées et empennées d'argent, 2 et 1, les pointes en bas (Asté); au 3, d'or, à un lévrier de gueules, colleté d'azur, à l'orle de sable, semée de besants d'or (Aure) ; au 4, d'argent à un chef endenté d'azur.<ref<Armorial du duc de Gramont</ref>
