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PARDAILLAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 799 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARDAILLAN  , the name of an old

French
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family of
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Armagnac, of which several members distinguished themselves in the service of the kings of France in the 16th and 17th centuries . Antoine Arnaud de Pardaillan, marechal de camp, served Henry IV. in Franche-Comte, Picardy and Savoy, and was created
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marquis de
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Montespan in 1612 and marquis d'Antin in 1615 under Louis XIII . His grandson Louis
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Henri, marquis de Montespan, was the
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husband of Mme de Montespan, the
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mistress of Louis XIV . Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1665–1736), legitimate son of the famous marquise, became
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lieutenant-general of the armies of the king in 1702, governor of the
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Orleanais, director-general of buildings in . 1708, lieutenant-general in Alsace, member of the council of regency, and minister of state . He was created due d'Antin in 1711 . The last due d'Antin, Louis, died in 1757 .

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