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Encyclopedia Britannica



AUMONT

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 921 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
AUMONT , the name of a family which played an important part in French history. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it has usually been derived from Aumont, now a small commune in the department of the Somme. The family was of
great
  antiquity, a Jean, sire d'Aumont, having accompanied Louis IX. on crusade. It was already powerful in the 14th century, and during the English wars of that period its members fought in the armies of the kings of France. Towards the end of the century, the family took the part of the dukes of
Burgundy
 , but returned to the side of France on the death of Charles the Bold. Jean d'Aumont, lieutenant-general to the king of France in the government of
Burgundy
 , rendered important services to Louis XII. and Francis I. Another Jean d'Aumont (d. 1595) a
marshal
  of France and knight of the order of the Holy Ghost since its institution in 1578, fought against the Huguenots under the last of the Valois kings; but he was among the first to9 2 I
recognize
Henry
  IV., and was appointed
governor
  of Champagne and of Brittany, where he had to fight against the League. His grandson Antoine (16011669) was also a
marshal
  of France (1651),
governor
  of Paris (1662), duke and peer (1665). Louis Marie Augustin, duc d'Aumont (17091782), was a celebrated collector of works of art. Louis Marie Celeste d'Aumont, duc de Piennes, afterwards duc d'Aumont (1762-1831), emigrated during the Revolution and served in the army of the royalists, as also in the Swedish army. During the Hundred Days he effected a descent upon Normandy in the Bourbon
interest
 , and succeeded in capturing Bayeux and Caen.


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