House of Lévis

French noble family

Lévis

Country| France

The House of Lévis or Lévis-Mirepoix is a French noble family. The family originally came from the village of Lévis-Saint-Nom in the Chevreuse valley, in the Yvelines département of Île-de-France.[1]: 150 There are several notable members of the family and they include:

* Philippe de Levis (1435–1475), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
* Louis Charles de Lévis (1647–1717), French nobleman
* Anne-Claude de Lévis (1692–1765), French antiquarian
* Gaston Pierre de Lévis (1699–1757), Marshal of France
* François Gaston de Lévis (1719–1787), Marshal of France
* Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (1764–1830), French politician and aphorist
* Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1884–1981), French historian, novelist and essayist
* Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1887–1978), pen name Claude Silve, French writer

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Michel Riou (2007). Ardèche, terre d'histoire: histoire de l'Ardèche et de l'ancien Vivarais (in French). Montmélian: Fontaine de Siloé. ISBN 9782842063825.

## Further reading

[edit]

* Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Lévis, Lyon, 2007.