François VIII de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of La Roche-Guyon (17 August 1663 – 22 April 1728) was a French nobleman who succeeded his father as Duke of La Rochefoucauld and Grand Huntsman of France in January 1714.[1]
Early life
La Rochefoucauld was born on 17 August 1663. He was the son of François VII de La Rochefoucauld and Jeanne Charlotte du Plessis-Liancourt (1644–1669), daughter of Henri du Plessis-Liancourt, Count of La Roche-Guyon. His younger brother, Henri Roger de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis of Liancourt, never married.[2]
François de La Rochefoucauld (1681–1699), who died unmarried.
Charles Maurice de La Rochefoucauld (1684–1694), who died young.
Michel Camille de La Rochefoucauld (1686–1712), who died unmarried.
Roger de La Rochefoucauld (1687–1717), who died unmarried.
Guy de La Rochefoucauld (1688–1698), who died young.
Madeleine Françoise de La Rochefoucauld (1689–1717), who became a nun at Saint Denis de Paris.
Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1690–1762), who married Marie Élisabeth Bermond du Caylard, only child of Jacques François de Bermond du Caylard, Marquis of Toiras, and Françoise Louise de Bérard, Marquise of Vestric, in 1715.
Aimery de La Rochefoucauld (1691–1699), who died young.
Guy de La Rochefoucauld (1698–1731), styled Duke of La Roche-Guyon, who married his niece, Marie Louise Élisabeth Nicole de La Rochefoucauld, the eldest daughter of his brother Alexandre. After his death, she married their distant cousin, Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, duc d'Anville.
