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PARDAILLAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 799 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARDAILLAN , the name of an old See also:

French See also:family of See also:Armagnac, of which several members distinguished themselves in the service of the See also:kings of See also:France in the 16th and 17th centuries. See also:Antoine See also:Arnaud de Pardaillan, marechal de See also:camp, served See also:Henry IV. in Franche-See also:Comte, See also:Picardy and See also:Savoy, and was created See also:marquis de See also:Montespan in 1612 and marquis d'Antin in 1615 under See also:Louis XIII. His See also:grandson Louis See also:Henri, marquis de Montespan, was the See also:husband of Mme de Montespan, the See also:mistress of Louis XIV. Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1665–1736), legitimate son of the famous marquise, became See also:lieutenant-See also:general of the armies of the See also:king in 1702, See also:governor of the See also:Orleanais, director-general of buildings in. 1708, lieutenant-general in See also:Alsace, member of the See also:council of regency, and See also:minister of See also:state. He was created due d'Antin in 1711. The last due d'Antin, Louis, died in 1757.

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