François de Crussol

François de Crussol, 4th Duke of Uzès (24 April 1604 – 14 July 1680), was a French soldier and courtier.

Early life Crussol was born at the Château d'Uzès in Uzès in the Gard department in Southern France on 24 April 1604. He was the eldest son of Emmanuel de Crussol, 3rd Duke of Uzès, and Claudine d'Hébrard de Saint Sulpice. From his parents' marriage, he was brother to Jacques Christophe de Crussol (who founded the Marquis of Saint-Sulpice branch), Louis de Crussol (Abbot of Figeac and Conques, styled Marquis of Crussol), Alexandre Galliot de Crussol (who founded the Marquis of Montsalès branch), Anne Gaston de Crussol (Baron of Florensac who was killed at the Siege of Turin in 1640), and Louise de Crussol (who married Antoine Hercule de Budos, Marquis des Portes, and, after his death, Charles de Rouvroy, Marquis of Saint-Simon de Rasse, brother to Claude de Rouvroy, 1st Duke of Saint-Simon). After his mother died in , his father married Marguerite d'Apchier ( de Flagheac), who was the mother of his second wife (from her first marriage). From his father's second marriage, he had a younger half-brother, Armand de Crussol, Count of Uzès, Marquis of Cuisieux, who was murdered in Osnabrück in 1663.

His paternal grandparents were Jacques II de Crussol, 2nd Duke of Uzès (who had inherited the barony of Acier from his mother, Jeanne Ricard de Genouillac, before inheriting the dukedom from his brother, Antoine de Crussol, 1st Duke of Uzès), and Françoise de Clermont-Tonnerre. His maternal grandparents were Bertrand III d'Hébrard de Saint Sulpice, and Marguerite de Balaguier de Montsalès.

Second marriage On 28 September 1636, he remarried to Marguerite d'Apchier, Countess of Vazeilles (1617–1708) at the Château d'Uzès. She was a daughter of Christophe, Count d'Apchier, and Marguerite de Flagheac. Together, they were the parents of seven children, including: Galliot de Crussol, Abbot of Uzès.

The Duke died on 14 July 1680 at the Château d'Acier. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Emmanuel II.