Antoine Charles IV de Gramont
# Antoine Charles IV de Gramont

Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache (1641 – 25 October 1720) was a French diplomat.

## Early life

He was the youngest son of Antoine III de Gramont and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré (d. 2 May 1689), Cardinal Richelieu's niece.

## Biography

He distinguished himself in the King's armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War. Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre and Béarn, and governor of Bayonne.

He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.

## Personal life

In 1668 he married Marie Charlotte de Castelnau (1648 – 29 January 1694), daughter of Marshal Castelnau. They had two children :

* Catherine-Charlotte de Boufflers (c. 1670–1739), lady-in-waiting, married Louis François, duc de Boufflers
* Antoine V de Gramont (1672–1725), 4th Duke of Gramont.

After his wife died, he married Anne Baillet de La Cour (1665-1737) in 1710. They had one child:

* NN de Gramont (b. 1704 - d. before 1720)

## Ancestors

Ancestors of Antoine Charles IV de Gramont :

