Ludwig Joseph Albert de Luynes von Grimbergen

Louis Joseph d'Albert, 3rd Prince of Grimberghen (1 April 1672 – 8 November 1758) was a French nobleman who was in the service of the Emperor Charles VII, and became field-marshal and Ambassador in France.

Early life Louis Joseph d'Albert de Luynes was born 1 April 1672 in Paris. He was a younger son and the ninth child of Louis Charles d'Albert, 2nd Duke of Luynes from the Duke's second marriage to Anne de Rohan. His siblings included Marie Anne d'Albert de Luynes (wife of their second cousin, Charles III, Prince of Guéméné), Marie Charlotte Victoire d'Albert de Luynes (wife of Alexandre Albert François Bathélemy, 4th Duke and 2nd Prince of Bournonville), Catherine Angélique d'Albert de Luynes (wife of Charles Antoine II Gouffier, Marquis of Heilly), and Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes (the wife of Giuseppe Ignazio Scaglia, Conte di Verua and mistress of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia). His younger brother was Charles-Hercule d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Chevreuse. His maternal grandparents were Hercule, Duke of Montbazon and the former Marie de Bretagne d'Avaugour (daughter of Claude de Bretagne, Count of Vertus). His grandfather Hercule was riding in the carriage with Henri IV on 14 May 1610 when the king was assassinated by François Ravaillac.

Career

Louis served in the French Army during the War of the League of Augsburg (also known as the Nine Years' War), participating in the Siege of Philippsburg in 1688, the Battle of Fleurus in 1690, and Battle of Steenkerque in 1692. The title Prince of Grimberghen, which had been held by his late brother-in-law, who died without issue in 1721, was bestowed upon him by the Emperor in 1742.

The Prince was also the author of a collection of pieces of literature, containing Timander instructed by his Genius and The Dream of Alcibiades (1749).

Personal life Grimbergen was married to Madeleine Marie de Berghes (–1744). She was a daughter of Belgian noble Philippe François de Berghes, 1st Prince of Grimberghen and the former Marie-Jacques de Lalaing. His wife's elder brother was Alphonse, 2nd Prince of Grimberghen, a Grandee of Spain who married Anne Henriette Rohan-Chabot (a daughter of Louis, Duke of Rohan). She was also a niece of Georges-Louis de Berghes, Prince-Bishop of Liège. Together, Louis and Madeleine were the parents of:

Thérèse Pelagie d’Albert, Princess of Grimberghen (d. 1736), who married her distant cousin Marie Charles Louis d'Albert, 5th Duke of Luynes (1717–1771), the only child of Charles, 4th Duke of Luynes, on 22 January 1735.

His wife died on 3 November 1744. The Prince of Grimbergen died on 8 November 1758 at the Hôtel du Lude in Paris.