Choiseul family

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Choiseul is an illustrious noble family from Champagne, France, descendants of the comtes of Langres. The family's head was , comte de Langres and sire de Choiseul, who in 1182 married , daughter of Louis VI of France. It has formed into the Langres, Clémont, Aigremont, , Allecourt, Frontières, Praslin, Plessis branches, among others. It also took the name Choiseul-Gouffier from the 18th century onwards.

It has produced several marshals:

• Jean de Baudricourt (?–1499), seigneur of Baudricourt and of Choiseul
• , comte of the Plessis-Praslin (1563–1626), who served under Henri IV and Louis XIII
• César de Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, duc de Choiseul (1598–1675), who defied Turenne at Rethel (1650), when he commanded the Spanish army
• César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), French marshal and diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as marshal du Plessis-Praslin
• Claude de Choiseul, comte de Choiseul-Francières (1632–1711), who distinguished himself in the battle of Seneffe against the Dutch Republic and made a marshal in 1693

Two bishops and an archbishop:

• Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin (1613–31 December 1689 at Tournai), Bishop of Comminges from 1644 to 1670; brother of marshal César de Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin
• (1718–1723), bishop of Saint-Papoul, bishop of Mende
• Antoine-Clériade de Choiseul-Beaupré (1754–1774), Archbishop of Besançon

Also a famous minister, a diplomat, etc. :

• Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719–1785), ambassador then Secretary of State to Louis XV
• César Gabriel de Choiseul, duc de Praslin (1712–1785), cousin of the former, ambassador then secretary of state to Louis XV
• Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752–1817), French writer
• Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville (1760–1838), French writer and peer
• Charles de Choiseul-Praslin (1805–1847), 5th Duke of Praslin, French député and peer
• (1834–1906), 6th Duke of Praslin, married to Mary Elizabeth Forbes, sister of H. De Courcy Forbes
• (23 February 1837 – 26 December 1915)
• Comte Eugène Antonio (Antoine) Horace de Choiseul-Praslin, a French politician.