The Marshal-Duke of Aumont | |
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1st Duke of Aumont[1] | |
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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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Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont[2] (1601 - 1 January 1669) was a French nobleman who was created the 1st Duke of Aumont in 1665 by King Louis XIV[3] who had already created him a Marshal of France in 1651. His dukedom went extinct in 1888 after the death of the 10th Duke of Aumont Louis Marie Joseph d'Aumont[4] The Duke commissioned the construction and exstention of what became the Hôtel d'Aumont which was painted by Charles Le Brun[5] and gardens designed by André Le Nôtre[6] 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.[7]