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ROQUELAURE

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 719 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROQUELAURE , a See also:

title derived from a small See also:commune in See also:France (dep. of See also:Gers), and See also:borne by a See also:French See also:family of See also:Armagnac, one member of which was See also:Antoine, See also:baron de Roquelaure (1544-1625), who was in the service of See also:Henry IV. before he became See also:king, and after his See also:accession was made See also:master of the See also:wardrobe, See also:lieutenant-See also:general in See also:Auvergne (1576) and See also:Guienne (161o), and See also:marshal of France in 1614. His son, Gaston See also:Jean See also:Baptiste de Roquelaure (1617-1683), a celebrated wit, was created See also:duke and peer of France in 1652, and was appointed See also:governor of Guienne in 1679. Gaston's son, Antoine Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (1656-1738), carried on the family reputation for wit, and, in spite of his military incapacity, received the marshal's See also:baton in 1724.

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