Anne Charles François de Montmorency

Anne Charles François de Montmorency, 5th Duke of Montmorency (13 July 1768 – 25 May 1846) was a French soldier and politician.

Early life Montmorency was born at the Hôtel de Montmorency at 10 rue Saint-Marc in Paris on 13 July 1768. He was the eldest son of Anne Léon, Duke of Montmorency (1731–1799) and Charlotte-Françoise de Montmorency-Luxembourg, suo jure 4th Duchess of Montmorency (1745–1763). Montmorency had three brothers and two sisters: Christian (Marquis of Seignelay who was known as the Prince of Montmorency-Tancarville), Élisabeth (wife of Alexandre Louis Auguste de Rohan-Chabot), Thibaut, Pulchérie (wife of Victor Louis Victurnien de Rochechouar, Marquis de Mortemart), and Louis.

His maternal grandparents were Anne-François de Montmorency-Luxembourg, 3rd Duke of Montmorency (son of Charles II François Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg).

Career He joined the French Army in 1785 of the Colonel-Général Dragoon Régiment. During the French Revolution, he emigrated but returned to France as soon as Napoleon Bonaparte allowed emigres to return from exile. In 1813, he was appointed to the command of the National Guard at Eure-et-Loir. In 1814, during the campaign in north-east France, the Emperor attached him to the staff of the National Guard of Paris, as one of the four Aides-Majors General, under the orders of Marshal Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. After Moncey was recalled by the Emperor and the three other Majors General received other assignments, he alone had command and was charged with defending the capital against foreign armies.

From 1815 on, the Duke of Montmorency divided his life between the city and the countryside. He was a member of the Departmental Council of Eure-et-Loir from 1822 to 1836. Together, they had three children: