Alphonse de Bauffremont

Alphonse Charles Jean de Bauffremont–Courtenay (5 February 1792 – 10 March 1860), Prince of Bauffremont, 2nd Duke of Bauffremont, Marquess of Bauffremont and of Listenois, Prince of Carency, was a French soldier and aristocrat.

Early life Bauffremont was born on 5 February 1792 in Madrid. He was the eldest son of Alexandre de Bauffremont, 1st Prince-Duke of Bauffremont (1773–1833), and Marie-Antoinette Pauline de Quélen de La Vauguyon (1771–1847). His younger brother was Théodore de Bauffremont-Courtenay (1793–1852).

His paternal grandfather was Joseph de Bauffremont, Prince of Listenois. His maternal grandparents were Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, 2nd Duke of La Vauguyon, and Marie-Antoinette Rosalie de Pons de Roquefort.

Personal life On 16 June 1822 in Livorno, then a part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Bauffremont was married to Caterina Isabella Moncada (1795–1878), daughter of Giovanni Luigi Moncada, 9th Prince of Paternò and, his second wife, Giovanna del Bosco Branciforte. Together, they were the parents of: They divorced and she married Prince Georges Bibesco (son of Prince Gheorghe Bibescu and uncle of poet Anna de Noailles).

Bauffremont died on 10 March 1860 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Roger. Upon his death without surviving issue in 1891, the titles passed to his second son, Paul. Upon Paul's death in 1893 without male issue, the titles passed to Gontran de Bauffremont, Alphonse's nephew through his younger brother, Théodore de Bauffremont-Courtenay.