Anne-Alexandre-Marie de Montmorency-Laval

Anne-Alexandre-Marie-Sulpice-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, 2nd Duke of Laval (22 January 1747 – 30 March 1817) was a French politician and soldier.

Early life Montmorency-Laval was born in Paris on 22 January 1747. He was the second son of Guy André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, 1st Duke of Laval (1723–1798), and Jacqueline de Bullion de Fervaques (1720–1795). His elder brother, Guy-André-Marie Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, styled Count of Laval, died of smallpox in 1761. His maternal grandparents were Anne Jacques de Bullion, Marquis of Fervaques, Lieutenant General of the King's Armies, and Marie Madeleine Hortense de Gigault de Bellefonds.

Career Beginning in 1773, the Duke was affiliated with Freemasonry. He fought with the Americans during the American Revolutionary War, and was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was made Maréchal de camp in 1789, he chose to emigrate during the French Revolution. Together, they were the parents of: Achille Jean Louis de Montmorency-Laval, Count of Laval (1772–1793), a minority Knight of Malta who died, unmarried, of a wound he received in the defense of Bundenthal, in the service of Army of Condé. Eugène-Alexandre de Montmorency-Laval, 4th Duke of Laval (1773–1851), who married Maximilienne Augustine de Béthune-Sully. After her death in 1833, he married Françoise Xavière Nicole Constance de Maistre.

The Duke died in Paris on 30 March 1817 and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Upon his death, the peerage attached to the title of Duke of Laval was made hereditary.