MONLUC, or

See also:

• MONTLUC (or MoNLuc), BLAISE DE

MONTLUC  , the name of a French family . The house of Lasseran-Mansencomme, which possessed the estate of Monluc in Agenais, and took its name in the 16th century, is held to be a branch of the family of Montesquiou . Marshal Blaise de Monluc (d . 1577), author of the Commentaires, had a son, Pierre Bertrand, called the Capitaine Peyrot, who perished in an expedition to Madeira in 1566, and another son, Fabien de Monluc, whose granddaughter, Jeanne de Monluc (d . 1657), countess of Carmaing, princess of Chabanais, brought the estates of her house to the family of Escoubleau by her marriage with Charles d'Escoubleau, marquess of Sourdis and Alluyes . Jean de Monluc, brother of the marshal, was bishop of Valence and Die, and distinguished himself in several embassies . He died in 1579, leaving a natural son, Jean de Monluc (d . 1603), seigneur de Balagny, who was at first a zealous member of the League, but made his submission to Henry IV., and received from him the principality of Cambrai and the baton of a marshal of France .