Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly [SEP] father
Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly
Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly (1741–1792), seventh Duke of Chaulnes and son of Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, was a chemist and French aristocrat.
Biography.
At the death of his father in 1769, Louis Joseph inherited the title of Duke of Picquigny. He studied science successfully and in 1764 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in London.
He retired from military service at the age of twenty-four with the simple rank of colonel and instead undertook the study of natural sciences
Louis Auguste d'Albert d'Ailly (1676–1744), duke of Chaulnes, became marshal of France (1741).
- Louis Joseph d'Albert de Luynes (1670–1750), 3rd Prince of Grimberghen: married to Magdeleine Marie de Berghes. He was in the service of the Emperor Charles VII, and became field-marshal and ambassador in France.
Several members of the family of Albert were distinguished in letters and science. Louis Charles d'Albert (1620–1690), duke of Luynes, son of the "constable", was an ascetic