Marquis de Contades was a title created for the Contades family, which had first been ennobled in 1619.[1]
History
The Contades family is a French noble family, originally from
Béarn, which settled in
Narbonne in the fifteenth century, before settling in the
Duchy of Anjou around 1600.[2] The family was first ennobled as Lord de La Roche-Thibault in 1619.[1] The family was further elevated when General
Louis Georges Érasme de Contades was made Marquis de Contades.[1]
André de Contades (1572–
c. 1633), Lord de La Roche-Thibault and officer of the King's Guards; married (1) Françoise de Conygham (maid of honor to
Anne of Austria) and (2) Charlotte de Gandillaud de Fontfroide (lady-in-waiting to Anne of Austria)
Érasmus de Contades (1633–1712), Lord de La Roche-Thibault
Georges Gaspard de Contades (1666–1735), Lieutenant General of the King's Armies