Erasme-Gaspard de Contades

Erasmus-Gaspard de Contades, comte de Contades et de l'Empire (12 March 1758 – 9 November 1834) was a French aristocrat, politician, and Lieutenant-General of the King's Armies.

Early life Contades was born on 12 March 1758 in Angers, the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department.

In 1885, his handwritten memoirs were posthumously published by his great-grandson, Count Gérard de Contades.

Personal life On 22 October 1781, Contades was married to Marie-Françoise-Madeleine-Rose de Villiers de Riou (–1833), the only daughter of Jacques de Villiers d'Aubernière, Lord of Theil de Riou. Together, they lived at the Château de Montgeoffroy and were the parents of:

Gaspard de Contades (1785–1817), who married Marie-Henriette d'Oms in 1813.

Descendants Through his eldest son Gaspard, he was a grandfather of Erasmus-Henri de Contades, Marquis de Contades (1814–1858), a Member of Parliament for Cantal, who married Sophie de Castellane (daughter of Count Boniface de Castellane).