Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont
Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont (1601 - 1 January 1669) was a French nobleman who was created the 1st Duke of Aumont in 1665 by King Louis XIV who had already created him a Marshal of France in 1651. His dukedom went exrinct in 1888 after the death of the 10th Duke of Aumont Louis Marie Joseph d'Aumont The Duke commissioned the construction and exstention of what became the Hôtel d'Aumont which was painted by Charles Le Brun and gardens designed by André Le Nôtre and in 1938, was purchased by the City of Paris, and restored and classified as a monument historique. Since 1959 the tribunal administratif of Paris has been housed in it. A radical restoration of the decayed framework was completed in 1964.
The Marshal-Duke of Aumont | |
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| 1st Duke of Aumont | |
| Full name | Antoine d'Aumont |
| Born | 1601 Paris, France |
| Died | 1 January 1669 (aged 68) Paris, France |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Scarron (March 1629) |
| Issue | Louis Marie Victor, 2nd Duke of Aumont Charles, Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre d'Uzerches Anne Élisabeth, Countess of Broglio Catherine Matie, Abbess of the Abbey of Saint-Julien du Pré |
| Father | Jacques d'Aumont, Seigneur of Estrabonne |
| Mother | Charlotte de Villequier |
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