House of Lévis

The House of Lévis or Lévis-Mirepoix is a French noble family. The family originally came from the village of Lévis-Saint-Nom in the Chevreuse valley, in the Yvelines département of Île-de-France.:150 There are several notable members of the family and they include:

  • Philippe de Levis (1435–1475), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
  • Louis Charles de Lévis (1647–1717), French nobleman
  • Anne-Claude de Lévis (1692–1765), French antiquarian
  • Gaston Pierre de Lévis (1699–1757), Marshal of France
  • François Gaston de Lévis (1719–1787), Marshal of France
  • Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (1764–1830), French politician and aphorist
  • Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1884–1981), French historian, novelist and essayist
  • Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1887–1978), pen name Claude Silve, French writer
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