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The Princely and Ducal House de Rohan
Arms of the House of Rohan
Arms of the Dukes of Rohan (Rohan-Chabot)
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The House of Rohan
The earliest proven ancestor is Guethenoc, Viscount of Porhoët in Brittany, who built a fortification in 1008.
Viscount Henri II of the Rohan-Gié branch became the first Duke of Rohan in 1603. On his death in 1638 this branch became extinct in the male line
and Henri was succeeded by his daughter Marguerite.
In 1645 she married Henri Chabot and founded the line of Rohan-Cabot.
At Duke Henri's death the younger branch of the Rohan family, already Dukes of Montbazon, became the elder branch.
The Head of the Family was also Prince of Guéméné whereas the younger members were Princes of Soubise.
Both Louis XIV and Louis XV recognised the Head of the Family as Prince of Rohan, Prince Etranger habitué en France (a "foreign Prince living in France").
As the hereditary holders of the Archbishopric of Strasbourg they were Princes of the Holy [Roman] Empire.
The elder branch of Montbazon-Guéméné was involved in some financial scandals in the late 1700s and emigrated to Austria, settling in Bohemia,
where the last male of the line died in 1846; the younger branch of Rochefort succeeded them.
The nobility titles of the Head of the House
Prince de Rohan (France)
Prince de Rohan, Guéméné et Rochefort (Austria)
Duc de Montbazon, Prince de Guéméné (France)
Duc de Bouillon (claimed in 1802 on the death of the last Duke who died without issue)
The current and 14th Duke of Rohan is Josselin de Rohan (-Chabot), born in 1938, who succeeded his father in 1966.
He is a member of the French Senate.

Arms of the House of Rohan

Arms of the Dukes of Rohan (Rohan-Chabot)
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The House of Rohan
The earliest proven ancestor is Guethenoc, Viscount of Porhoët in Brittany, who built a fortification in 1008.
Viscount Henri II of the Rohan-Gié branch became the first Duke of Rohan in 1603. On his death in 1638 this branch became extinct in the male line
and Henri was succeeded by his daughter Marguerite.
In 1645 she married Henri Chabot and founded the line of Rohan-Cabot.
At Duke Henri's death the younger branch of the Rohan family, already Dukes of Montbazon, became the elder branch.
The Head of the Family was also Prince of Guéméné whereas the younger members were Princes of Soubise.
Both Louis XIV and Louis XV recognised the Head of the Family as Prince of Rohan, Prince Etranger habitué en France (a "foreign Prince living in France").
As the hereditary holders of the Archbishopric of Strasbourg they were Princes of the Holy [Roman] Empire.
The elder branch of Montbazon-Guéméné was involved in some financial scandals in the late 1700s and emigrated to Austria, settling in Bohemia,
where the last male of the line died in 1846; the younger branch of Rochefort succeeded them.
The nobility titles of the Head of the House
Prince de Rohan (France)
Prince de Rohan, Guéméné et Rochefort (Austria)
Duc de Montbazon, Prince de Guéméné (France)
Duc de Bouillon (claimed in 1802 on the death of the last Duke who died without issue)
The current and 14th Duke of Rohan is Josselin de Rohan (-Chabot), born in 1938, who succeeded his father in 1966.
He is a member of the French Senate.
sources
Josselin (Municipality, Morbihan, France) (Josselin)
Bouillon (Municipality, Province of Luxembourg, Belgium) (Bouillon)
House of Rohan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henri, Duke of Rohan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/rohan/rohan1.html
Josselin (Municipality, Morbihan, France) (Josselin)
Bouillon (Municipality, Province of Luxembourg, Belgium) (Bouillon)
House of Rohan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henri, Duke of Rohan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/rohan/rohan1.html
v Josselin Castle (Chateau de Josselin, Kastell Josilin), Brittany, seat of the Dukes of Rohan to the present day.
Photograph 2007, free of copyright courtesy of Wikipedia and attribution to CJ DUB
Photograph 2007, free of copyright courtesy of Wikipedia and attribution to CJ DUB
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