François V de Beauharnais

François V de Beauharnais (16 January 1714, La Rochelle – 18 June 1800, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral. He was seigneur de Beaumont et de Bellechauve, baron de Beauville, 1st marquis de la Ferté-Beauharnais, chef d'escadre des armées royales, and governor of the French colony of Martinique. He was the son of Claude de Beauharnais (1680–1738), sieur de Beaumont et de Bellechauve, and his wife Renée Hardouineau.

Francis V of Beauharnais
François de Beauharnais
Born(1714-01-16)16 January 1714
La Rochelle
Died18 June 1800(1800-06-18) (aged 86)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Noble familyBeauharnais
Spouse(s)Henriette Pyvart de Chastillé
FatherClaude de Beauharnais
MotherRenée Hardouineau
Governor general of the French Antilles
In office
May 1757 – 7 February 1761
Preceded byMaximin de Bompart
Succeeded byLouis-Charles de La Touche
Governor of Martinique
In office
May 1757 – 7 February 1761
Preceded byAlexandre Rouillé de Rocourt
Succeeded byLouis-Charles de La Touche

Marriages and issue

On 13 September 1751, at Blois, François de Beauharnais married Marie Anne Henriette Françoise Pyvart de Chastullé (1722–1767). They had three children:

On Henriette's death, François de Beauharnais in 1796 married Désirée Eugénie Tascher de La Pagerie (1739–1803).

Life

In 1751, he was made chef d'escadre des vaisseaux du roi, then governor of Martinique. On 20 April 1752, he acquired the château de La Ferté-Avrain, which had recently been rebuilt. In recognition of his services to France, on 7 July 1764 Louis XV promoted him to the status of marquis, allowing him to raise his lands at La Ferté-Avrain into the marquisat. From then on, La Ferté-Avrain was called La Ferté-Beauharnais after him.

Genealogy

François V de Beauharnais is the ancestor of Nicolas of Leuchtenberg.

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