Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly [SEP] noble title
Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly
Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly (31 December 1714 – 23 September 1769), Duke of Picquigny and then Duke of Chaulnes from 1744, was a French astronomer, physicist and freemason.
Biography.
The son of Louis Auguste d'Albert d'Ailly (1676–1744), the Duke of Chaulnes, Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly commanded the light cavalry of the "Maison du Roi" (). In 1750 he became the king's commissioner to the Estates of Brittany and persuaded the assembly to accept the Vingtième tax.
d'Ailly (1625–1698), duke-peer of Chaulnes (1653–1698)
4. (1676–1744), duke-peer of Chaulnes (1711–1729)
5. Charles-François d'Albert d'Ailly (1707–1731), peer with the courtesy title of duke of Picquigny (1729–1731)
6. Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly (1714–1769), peer with the courtesy title of duke of Picquigny (1731–1744) then duke-peer of Chaulnes (1744–1769)
7. Joseph Louis d'Albert d'Ailly (1741–1792), duke-peer of Chaulnes