Duc de Montebello

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The title of Duc de Montebello was created by the French Emperor Napoleon I in 1808 as a victory title for Jean Lannes, one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Lannes commanded the advance guard in the crossing of the Alps in 1800 and was instrumental in winning the Battle of Montebello.

[edit] Dukes de Montebello

• Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, 1st Sovereign Prince de Sievers (April 11, 1769 – May 31, 1809), Marshal of France, was born at Lectoure, Gers.
• Louis Napoleon, 2nd Duc de Montebello (Paris 30 Jul 1801-Mareuil-sur-Ay 19 Jul 1874); m.10 Jul 1830 Eleanor Jenkinson (7 Feb 1810-St.Petersburg 11 Oct 1863)
• Napoleon Camille Charles Jean, 3rd Duc de Montebello (30 Oct 1835-Pau 30 Nov 1876); m.Pau 12 Aug 1873 Laure Joséphine Marie Daguilhon
• Napoleon Barbe Joseph Jean, 4th Duc de Montebello (9 Apr 1877-27 Jan 1899)
• Charles Louis Maurice, 5th Duc de Montebello (Bern 27 Oct 1836-Paris 23 Dec 1922); m.Paris 24 Oct 1865 Thérèse O'Tard la Grange-Keith (Cognac 23 Jan 1844-Montendre 2 Nov 1915)
• Napoleon Jean Jules, 6th Duc de Montebello (Paris 5 Mar 1903-château de Mareuil 22 May 1988); m.1st Paris 15 Apr 1925 Marie d'Albert de Luynes (Paris 15 Nov 1898-Paris 31 Jan 1929); m.2d Guéthary 2 Jun 1930 Diane Pss de Broglie (Paris 28 Apr 1907-La Tour Blanche 12 May 1987)
• Maurice Georges Antoine Marie, 7th Duc de Montebello (b.Biarritz 2 Jul 1939); m.Celettes 23 Oct 1971 Johanna Meyer-Ratken (b.Röpke 12 Apr 1937)

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
  • See R Penn, Vie militaire de Jean Lannes (Paris, 1809).
    • See Baron De Marbot, The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot (1891)