Career
He was the father of Charlotte Louise de Rohan, secret wife of the executed duc d"Enghien. His family claimed ancestry from the regining Dukes of Brittany and at the French court, were allowed the rank of Foreign Prince. This entitled them to the style of Highness and other privileges at court.
Styled as the Prince of Montauban from birth, at the death of his father in February 1766 he became the Prince of Rochefort which was created a hereditary title in 1728.
The couple were wed at the Église Saint-Sulpice by contract in Paris on 20 May 1762 and officially on 24 May. The marriage produced five children only one of which went on to have further issue.
Charles Mériadec de Rohan (16 November 1763 – 21 October 1764) died in infancy;
Charles Louis Gaspard de Rohan, Viscount of Rohan, Prince of Rochefort, Duke of Bouillon (1 November 1765 – 7 March 1843) married Marie Louise Joséphine de Rohan
Louis Camille Jules de Rohan (16 April 1770 – executed in Paris, date unknown) known as le prince Jules. Never married;
Clémentine Caroline Henriette de Rohan (26 October 1786 – 1850) never married.
Titles and styles
29 August 1729 – 25 February 1766 His Highness the Prince of Montauban
25 February 1766 – 18 May 1811 His Highness the Prince of Rochefort.
