Event: Antoine Charles IV de Gramont, comte de Guiche, 3rd Duke de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache (1641 – October 25, 1720) was a French diplomat. He was the son of Antoine III de Gramont and Françoise-Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré, Richelieu's niece.
Type: MYHERITAGE:LINEAGE
Event: He distinguished himself in the King’s armies during the campaign against Holland in 1672 and during the Siege of Besançon (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War. Later he was Ambassador extraordinary in Spain, Viceroy of Navarre and Béarn, and governor of Bayonne. He was a Knight of the King's order and Knight of the Golden Fleece.
Type: Military Service
Sources
Aubert de La Chesnaye-Des Bois, François-Alexandre. Dictionnaire De La Noblesse contenant Les généalogies, L'histoire Et La Chronologie Des Familles Nobles De La France... . Second Edition. Volume 7. GRA. p392. Paris, France: Antoine Boudet, Libraire-imprimeur du Roi, 1774.
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