Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne [SEP] noble family
Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne
Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne (Jacques Léopold Charles Godefroy; 15 January 1746 – 7 February 1802) was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the sovereign dukes of Bouillon. He was the last Duke of Bouillon succeeding his father in 1792.
Biography.
The eldest and only surviving of four sons, he was born to the Prince and Princess of Turenne in 1746. From 1771, Jacques Léopold was styled as the "Prince of Turenne" as the heir
, son of Charlotte de Rohan, sister of Victoire; the Abbess of Remiremont was also his cousin.
He emigrated from France in 1791 and resided in Austria where he joined the army and was promoted to Field Marshal. He entered the service of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
At the death of his distant cousin Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne the Duke of Bouillon in 1802, Charles Alain was the nearest relative to the family as his grandmother Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne was Jacques Léopold's aunt and