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{{Short description|French nobleman}}
{{Infobox noble
| name         = François de La Rochefoucauld
| title        = 4th [[Duke of La Rochefoucauld]]<br>1st [[Duke of La Roche-Guyon]]
| image        = François VIII de La Rochefoucauld.jpg
| CoA          = [[File:Coat of Arms of François VII de La Rochefoucauld.svg|100px]]
| full name    = François de La Rochefoucauld
| birth_date   = {{birthdate|1663|07|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place  =
| death_date   = {{dda|1728|04|22|1663|07|17|df=yes}}
| death_place  =
| father       = [[François VII de La Rochefoucauld]]
| mother       = Jeanne Charlotte du Plessis
| spouse       = {{marriage|Madeleine Le Tellier<br>|1679|1728|reason=died}}
| issue        = [[Alexandre I de La Rochefoucauld|Alexandre, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld]]<br>Émilie, Duchess of Uzès
| noble family = [[House of La Rochefoucauld|of La Rochefoucauld]]
}}
'''François VIII de La Rochefoucauld, 4th [[Duke of La Rochefoucauld]], 1st Duke of La Roche-Guyon''' (17 August 1663 – 22 April 1728) was a French nobleman who succeeded his father as Duke of La Rochefoucauld and [[Grand Huntsman of France]] in January 1714.<ref>Père Anselme, Histoire genéalogique et chronologique , Volume 4, 1728, p. 430</ref>
==Early life==
La Rochefoucauld was born on 17 August 1663. He was the son of [[François VII de La Rochefoucauld]] and Jeanne Charlotte du Plessis-Liancourt (1644–1669), daughter of Henri du Plessis-Liancourt, Count of La Roche-Guyon. His younger brother, Henri Roger de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis of Liancourt, never married.<ref>Histoire de la Maison Royale de France et des grands officiers de la Couronne, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, 1726, Tome IV, pages 431-432.</ref>
==Career==
He succeeded his father as [[Grand Huntsman of France]], a position in the [[Maison du Roi|King's Household]] in [[France]] during the [[Ancien Régime]].
In 1679, as a gift of the King Louis XIV for his marriage with the eldest daughter of [[François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], he was created 1st [[Duke of La Roche-Guyon]] by letters of November 1679. Upon his father's death in 1714, he inherited the [[Duc et pair|Duchy-peerage]] of La Rochefoucauld.<ref name="chercheurs1996">{{cite book |title=L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux |date=1996 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzxcAAAAMAAJ |access-date=3 October 2024 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Levantal1996">{{cite book |last1=Levantal |first1=Christophe |title=Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790): dictionnaire prosographique, généalogique, chronologique, topographique et heuristique |date=1996 |publisher=Eitions Maisonneuve & Larose |isbn=978-2-7068-1219-4 |pages=947–948 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hBD_QlmorIC |access-date=3 October 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1679, he married Madeleine Le Tellier (1665–1735),<ref>E. de Séréville, F. de Saint-Simon, Dictionnaire de la noblesse française, 1975, page 602)</ref> eldest daughter of [[François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], King [[Louis XIV]]'s [[List of finance ministers of France|Finance Minister]], and heiress Anne de Souvré, Marquise de Courtenvaux.<ref>E. de Séréville, F. de Saint-Simon, Dictionnaire de la noblesse française, 1975, page 602)</ref> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="Courcelles1827">Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 57-59</ref>
# François de La Rochefoucauld (1681–1699), who died unmarried.
# Charles Maurice de La Rochefoucauld (1684–1694), who died young.
# Michel Camille de La Rochefoucauld (1686–1712), who died unmarried.
# Roger de La Rochefoucauld (1687–1717), who died unmarried.
# Guy de La Rochefoucauld (1688–1698), who died young.
# Madeleine Françoise de La Rochefoucauld (1689–1717), who became a nun at [[Basilica of Saint-Denis|Saint Denis de Paris]].
# [[Alexandre I de La Rochefoucauld|Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld]] (1690–1762), who married Marie Élisabeth Bermond du Caylard, only child of Jacques François de Bermond du Caylard, Marquis of Toiras, and Françoise Louise de Bérard, Marquise of Vestric, in 1715.
# Aimery de La Rochefoucauld (1691–1699), who died young.
# Guy de La Rochefoucauld (1698–1731), ''styled'' Duke of La Roche-Guyon, who married his niece, Marie Louise Élisabeth Nicole de La Rochefoucauld, the eldest daughter of his brother [[Alexandre I de La Rochefoucauld|Alexandre]]. After his death, she married their distant cousin, [[Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, duc d'Anville]].
# Émilie de La Rochefoucauld (1700–1753), who married [[Charles Emmanuel de Crussol, 8th Duke of Uzès]], the eldest son of [[Jean Charles de Crussol, 7th Duke of Uzès]].<ref name="Chapman2004">{{cite book |last1=Chapman |first1=Sara E. |title=Private Ambition and Political Alliances: The Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain Family and Louis XIV's Government, 1650-1715 |date=2004 |publisher=[[University of Rochester Press]] |isbn=978-1-58046-153-5 |page=197 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Private_Ambition_and_Political_Alliances/qDi1yTqcd68C&pg=PA197 |access-date=3 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
The Duke died on 22 April 1728.
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| before = [[François de La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Duke of La Rochefoucauld|François de La Rochefoucauld]]
| title  = [[File:Blason La RochefoucauldAncien.svg|45px]]<br>[[Duke of La Rochefoucauld]]
| after  = [[Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld|Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld]]
| years  = 1714–1728
}}
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[[Category:Dukes of La Rochefoucauld]]
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