Prince François de La Rochefoucauld, 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld

François XIV Marie Auguste Armand Emilien de La Rochefoucauld, 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (17 December 1794 – 11 December 1874) was a French aristocrat.

Early life De La Rochefoucauld was born on 1794 in The Hague, Netherlands. He was the eldest son and heir of François de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld and the former Marie Françoise de Tott (1770–1854). Among his siblings were Count Olivier de La Rochefoucauld (who married Rosine Cuillier-Perron, a daughter of Gen. Pierre Cuillier-Perron) Countess Sophie Francoise de La Rochefoucauld (who married Armand, Marquis de Castelbajac), Count Charles Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld (who married Anne Charlotte Cuillier-Perron, also a daughter of Gen. Pierre Cuillier-Perron),

Career Upon his father's death on 3 September 1848, he succeeded as the 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld. He was made a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis and an Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Personal life

On 8 June 1817, La Rochefoucauld married Zénaide Chapt de Rastignac (1798–1875), a daughter of , owner of the Château de Rastignac (and granddaughter of Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld). Together, they were the parents of:

François XV de La Rochefoucauld (1818–1879), 10th Duke of La Rochefoucauld who married Radegonde Euphrasie Bouvery, a daughter of Claude Bouvery and Marguerite Barbuat, in 1850. Alfred de La Rochefoucauld (1819–1883), 1st Duke of La Roche-Guyon who married Isabelle Nivière, a daughter of Baron Laurent Antoine Isidore Nivière and Marie Léontine Françoise Siméon, in 1851. Georges de La Rochefoucauld (1828–1861), styled Count of La Rochefoucauld who died unmarried.

The Duke died in Paris on 11 December 1874 and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, François XV, who became the 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld.

Descendants Through his son Alfred, he is ancestor of the La Roche-Guyon cadet branch of the family La Rochefoucauld.