Longueville
From LoveToKnow 1911
LONGUEVILLE, the name of a French family which originated with Jean, count of Dunois, the "Bastard of Orleans," to whom Charles VII. gave the countship of Longueville in Normandy in 1 443. Francois of Orleans, count of Longueville, was created duke in 1505. The marriage of his brother Louis with Jeanne, daughter and heiress of Philip, count of Baden-HochbergSausenberg (d. 1503), added considerable estates to the house of Longueville. Henry, duc de Longueville (d. 1663), took an important part in the Fronde, and for a long time held the royal troops in check in Normandy. His wife, Anne Genevieve (see below), was a leading figure in the political dissensions of the time. The last of the family was Jean Louis, the Abbe d'Orleans, who died in 1694. The numismatist, Charles d'Orleans-Rothelin (1691-1744), belonged to a bastard branch of the family.
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