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ROHAN , the name of one of the most illustrious of the feudal families of See also:

France, derived from that of a small See also:town in See also:Morbihan, See also:Brittany. The See also:family appears to have sprung from the viscounts of Porhoet, and claims connexion with the See also:ancient sovereigns of Brittany. Since the 12th See also:century it held an important See also:place in the See also:history of Brittany, and strengthened its position by alliances with the greatest houses in France. It was divided into several branches, the eldest of which, that of the viscounts of Rohan, became See also:extinct in 1527. Of the younger branches the most famous is that of Guemenee, from which sprang the branches of Montbazon, See also:Soubise and Gie. The seigneurs of Frontenay, an offshoot of this last See also:branch, inherited by See also:marriage the See also:property of the eldest branch of the See also:house. Hercule de Rohan, duc de Montbazon (1568—1654) served See also:Henry III. and Henry IV. against the See also:League, and was made by Henry IV. See also:governor of See also:Paris and the Isle of France, and See also:master of the hounds. His See also:grandson, See also:Louis de Rohan-Guemenee, the See also:chevalier de Rohan, who was notorious for his dissolute See also:life, conspired with the Dutch against Louis XIV. and was beheaded in Paris in 1674. In the 18th century the Soubise branch furnished •several prelates, cardinals and bishops of See also:Strassburg, among others the famous See also:cardinal de Rohan, the See also:hero of the affair of the See also:diamond necklace. The seigneurs of Gie, a branch founded by See also:Pierre de Rohan (1453—1513), a See also:cadet of the branch of Guemenee and See also:marshal of France, were conspicuous on the See also:Protestant See also:side during the See also:wars of See also:religion. Rene de Rohan, seigneur of See also:Pontivy and Frontenay, commanded the Calvinist See also:army in 1570, and defended See also:Lusignan with See also:great valour when it was besieged by the Catholics (1574-75). His son Henry, the first See also:duke of Rohan, also distinguished himself in the Protestant army.

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child, See also:Marguerite de Rohan, married in 1645 See also:Henri See also:Chabot, a cadet of a great family of See also:Poitou. This marriage was opposed by her See also:mother, Marguerite de See also:Bethune, who put forward a See also:rival See also:heir called See also:Tancred, whom she claimed to be her son by the duke of Rohan. This Tancred perished in the See also:Fronde in 1649. The property and titles of Henry de Rohan thus passed to the Chabot family, which under the name of Rohan-Chabot produced some distinguished soldiers and a cardinal See also:archbishop of See also:Besancon. The male See also:line of the Rohans is now represented by an offshoot of the Rohan-Guemenee branch.

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