Henri-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force (1582 – January 1678) was Duc de La Force

Duc de La Force

The title of Duc de la Force, pair de France was created in 1637 for members of the Caumont family, who were lords of the village of La Force in the Dordogne....

 and peer of France. He was the son of Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force

Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force

Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force was a marshal of France and peer of France.He was born in La Force, the son of Francois de Caumont and Philippes de Beaupoil....

 and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron

Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron

Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron was a celebrated French soldier of the 16th century.-Biography:His family, one of the numerous branches of the House of Gontaut, took its title from the territory of Biron in Périgord, where on a hill between the Dropt and the Lide still stands the magnificent...

. First Marquis de Castelnau, later Duc de La Force after the death of his brother, he served King Louis XIII on many occasions. He served in the army under his father and was Maréchal-de-camp.

Family

He married Marguerite d'Escodeca, Dame de Boësse and had nine children:

• Jacques, killed in the siege of La Mothe
  La Mothe-en-Bassigny
  A citadel of the Duchy of Lorraine, La Mothe-en-Bassigny was meant to repel French invaders. It was destroyed in 1645 and is now a ruin.It is situated near Neufchâteau, between the villages of Outremécourt and Soulaucourt-sur-Mouzon ....
  
   in Lorraine in 1634
• Henri, died young
• Pierre, Marquis de Cognac, without issue
• Armand, Marquis de Montpouillan, Lieutenant-general in the Dutch Army, Governor of Naarden, died in The Hague
  The Hague
  The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
  
   on May 16, 1701, at the age of 86 . He married Amable-Guillelmine de Brederode.
• Charlotte, married Gabriel de Caumont, Comte de Lauzun, mother of Antoine Nompar de Caumont
  Antoine Nompar de Caumont
  Antoine Nompar de Caumont, marquis de Puyguilhem, duc de Lauzun was a French courtier and soldier. He was the only love interest of the "greatest heiress in Europe", Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, cousin of Louis XIV.-Biography:...
  
  
• Diane, married Charles-René du Puy de Tournon, Marquis de Montbrun en Dauphiné
• Jeanne, married Cyrus de Montaut, Marquis de Navailles, Seigneur de Beynac;
• Jacqueline, married Henri de Vivant, Comte de Panjas.
• Henriette