Charles II François Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg

French nobleman

Charles II Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg
Born	(1702-12-03)3 December 1702 Paris, France
Died	18 May 1764(1764-05-18) (aged 61) Paris, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service/branch	House of Montmorency
Rank	Marshal of France
Battles/wars	War of the Quadruple Alliance
Awards	Order of the Holy Spirit Order of Saint Michael
Relations	François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (Grandfather) Charles II Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg (Father)

Charles II François Frédéric de Montmorency (December 31, 1702 - May 18, 1764), was the eighth Duke of Piney-Luxembourg and the second Duke of Montmorency (Beaufort), prince of Aigremont and of Tingry, count of Bouteville, of Lassé, of Dangu and of Luxe, peer of France, marshal of France in 1757 and the governor of Normandy in 1762. He was the son of Charles I Francois Frederic de Montmorency-Luxembourg and grandson of Marshal François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg. His mother was Marie-Gilonne Gillier de Clérembault, daughter of René. In 1750 he married the wealthy widow Madeleine Angélique Neufville de Villeroy.

He gave refuge to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the famous French philosopher, at the "Small Castle" at Montmorency during 1759–1762 (an area which was owned by Charles Le Brun and Pierre Crozat; was distinguished from another stay of Rousseau in Montmorency: Mont-Louis, previously offered by Mr. Mathas, tax attorney for the Prince of Condé) when he was quarreling with Madame d'Epinay, his protectress.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ Damrosch 2005, p. 357.
^ Damrosch, Leo (30 October 2005). "Jean-Jacques Rousseau". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

References

Damrosch, Leo (2005). Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 566. ISBN 978-0-618-44696-4.
Jean Baptiste Ladvocat, in deutscher Übersetzung als: Historisches Hand-Wörterbuch, Ulm 1786. Sp. 1414–1418: Karl Franz Friedrich von Montmorency (Digitalisat)
Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais: L'Art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des chartes, des chroniques, et autres anciens monuments, depuis la naissance de Notre-Seigneur. Band XII. Paris 1818. S. 67–68 (Digitalisat)