Philippe, Comte de la Mothe-Houdancourt (1605 – 24 March 1657) was a French soldier and Marshal of France, who served as Viceroy of Catalonia when it...

Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1624–1709), was a French noblewoman and court official. She served as royal governess to the children of king...

Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt was born in 1654 to Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt and Louise de Prie. Her father was the Duke...

Mothe-Houdancourt and a nephew of Marshal Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt. The very influential Duchess of La Ferté-Senneterre and Duchess of Ventadour...

daughters of Philippe de La Mothe Houdancourt, Duke of Cardona and maréchal de France (d. 1657), and Louise de Prie, Marquise of Toucy, Duchess of La Motte Houdancourt...

Catalan enthusiasm for the French. A Franco-Catalan army under Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt moved south and gained several victories against the Spanish...

de Piennes) and was French Ambassador to London; He married a second time to Françoise Angélique de la Mothe Houdancourt, daughter of Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt...

Geneviève was the only child of Louis Charles de Lévis and his wife Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt. Her parents had married in 1671 in Paris. Her...

besieged the garrison made up of Catalans and French troops under Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt. The fifteen-month siege eventually ended with a Spanish victory...

August, but was defeated and the blockade was lifted. Viceroy Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt had to face simultaneously a land relief, and was forced to...

part of Madame's household. In 1735, her grand mother Charlotte de La Mothe-Houdancourt retired from her post as Governess of the Children of France. The...

married Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt in Paris on 14 March 1671. She was the daughter of Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt and Louise de Prie. The Duke...

1641, the Catalan rebels and the French troops led by Marshal Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt sent to support them, launched an offensive to capture Tarragona...

combined Franco-Catalan army under Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt defeated a larger Spanish force led by Marquis de Leganés, sent to capture the town...

the French Oise department. Built between 1650 and 1655 for Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, Marshall of France and Viceroy of Catalonia, it was designed...

Marshal of France in 1642 Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, Duke of Cardona (1605–1657), Marshal of France in 1642 François de L'Hôpital, Count of Rosnay [fr]...

to Madame de Ventadour 1704–1717: Madame de La Lande [fr] '1710–1717: Marie-Suzanne de Valicourt 1727–1735: Charlotte de La Mothe-Houdancourt, (1654–1744)...

1641–1642: Urbain de Maillé-Brézé 1642–1645: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1st time) 1645–1647: Henri, Count of Harcourt 1647–1647: Louis II de Bourbon, Prince...

Her mother was the only child of Madame de Ventadour. Her siblings included Louise Françoise, Duchess of La Meilleraye (married a grandson of Hortense...

20 February 1641 Claris fell gravely ill, the same day that Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt arrived in Barcelona with the powers of commander-in-chief...

Fayel) duchy-peerage in 1653, 1 holder Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1605–1657), duke-peer of Fayel (1653–1657) La Guiche duchy-peerage in 1653, 2 holders...

battle of Montjuïc, on 26 January 1641. The French general Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt was appointed viceroy of Catalonia, and the Franco-Catalan...

finally surrendered on 30 July. Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, who failed to lift the Spanish siege was replaced by Henri de Lorraine, count of Harcourt...

isolated ports along the coast. The French viceroy of Catalonia, Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, attempted to conquer Tarragona between May and August, but...

Revolt Monzón was taken by the French-Catalan troops run by Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt in 1642 and, the following year, by the Castilian troops of...

not her father, knew of their existence. His sister-in-law, Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, was a first cousin of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and...

of the great Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu that same year, giving up that of Saint-Epvre. He died in 1756 of tuberculosis. Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise...

governesses, among them being Julie d'Angennes and Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourt. When Louis reached the age of seven, he was removed from the...

XIV started to court a maid-of-honour to the queen, Anne-Lucie de la Mothe-Houdancourt, de Navailles protested to the king, using religious arguments. The...

the Reapers' War. A Franco-Catalan army under the command of Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt fought and defeated a smaller Spanish force under Gerolamo...