- Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force
Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force (October 30, 1558 - May 10, 1652) was a
marshal of France andpeer of France .He was born in
La Force , the son ofFrancois de Caumont and Philippes de Beaupoil.He survived the
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572), but his father and older brother Armand were killed. He served Henri IV. He was governor ofBéarn (1593) and governor ofNavarre . After the death of Henri (1610), he plotted with Henri de Rohan, before submitting to Louis XIII.He had a house in the Rue du Roi de Sicile in Paris, which was transformed to
La Force Prison in 1780.During the reign of Louis XIII, he was made a marshal of France on May 27, 1622.
He campaigned in
Piedmont , tookSaluzzo in 1630 , defeated the Spaniards atCarignano (1630) and lifted thesiege of Casale .Between 1631 and 1634 he invaded Lorraine, and took La Mothe after a siege of 141 days were
Turenne first distinguished himself and La Force's grandson Jacques was killed. He also tookPhilippsburg and made the generalColloredo prisoner.In 1638 he besieged
Saint-Omer in Flanders, but was defeated byLouis Thomas of Savoy-Carignan . It was his last battle.He died in Bergerac.
Issue
He married on February 5, 1577, Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of marshal
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron Children :
*
Armand-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force (c. 1580-1675), peer and marshal of France. His daughter
**Charlotte marriedTurenne , but died in 1666 without children.
*Henri-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force (1582-1678), his daughter
**Charlotte married in 1630 de Gabriel de Caumont, comte de Lauzun, and were parents of
***Antoine Nompar de Caumont , Duc de Lauzun
* Jacques, seigneur de Maduran, killed during the siege ofJülich in 1610
* Charles, seigneur de Maduran.
* Pierre, baron d'Aymet.
* Jean, seigneur de Montpouillan.
* Jean-Jacob, marquis de Tonneins
* François de Caumont La Force, whose daughter was:
**Charlotte-Rose de Caumont La Force or Mademoiselle de La Force (1654 - 1724)
* Jacqueline
* Isabelleee also
*
Peter Force
*William Force Stead
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