Alphonse de Créquy

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Alphonse de Créquy, Comte de Canaples (died 1711), was a French aristocrat who became a close friend of King Charles II of England.

Biography[]

Alphonse de Créquy was the second son of Charles II de Créquy, seigneur de Canaple (who was the younger son of Charles I de Blanchefort, Marquis de Créquy a Marshal of France).[1]

In 1702 when the line of his elder brother Charles III de Créquy (1623?-1687) became extinct, de Créquy inherited the title Duc de Lesdiguires, and also eventually succeeded also to the honours of his younger brother François de Créquy (1625-1687).[1]

De Créquy had not the talent of his brothers, and lost his various appointments in France. He went to London in 1672, where he became closely allied with Charles de Saint-Évremond, and was one of the intimates of King Charles II.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 410.
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 411.
  3. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 411 states in an endnote that "There is much information about the Créquys in the Mémoires of Saint-Simon". However L'Ombre de la marquise de Créquy aux lecteurs des souvenirs (1836) had already exposed the Mémoires as a forgery.

Attribution:

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Créquy s.v.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 410–411. Endnote:
    • For a detailed genealogy of the family and its alliances see Louis Moréri, Dictionnaire historique: Annuaire de la noblesse française (1856 and 1867).
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