Hercule, Duke of Montbazon

Hercule de Rohan (27 August 1568 – 16 October 1654) was a member of the princely House of Rohan. The second Duke of Montbazon, he is an ancestor of the present Princes of Guéméné. His daughter was the famous Frondeur the duchesse de Chevreuse. He was a Peer of France.

First marriage
On 5 March 1628, he married married Marie de Bretagne, daughter of Claude de Bretagne, Count of Vertus and Catherine Fouquet de La Varenne.

Issue

 * 1) Louis VIII, Prince of Guéméné, Prince de Guéméné (5 August 1598 – 18 February 1667) married Anne de Rohan, heiress of Guéméné; present Princes of Guéméné descend from this line;
 * 2) Marie Aimée de Rohan, Mademoiselle de Montbazon (December 1600 – 12 August 1679) married Charles d'Albert, 1st Duke if Luynes and issue before she married Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse and had issue.

Second marriage
In 1594 he married Madeleine de Lenoncourt.

Issue

 * 1) Marie Eléonore de Rohan (1630 – 8 April 1682) died without issue;
 * 2) François, Prince of Soubise (1630 – 24 August 1712) married Cathérine Lyonne and had no issue, married again to Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princess of Soubise, and had issue; founder of the Soubise cadet branch of the House of Rohan.
 * 3) Anne de Rohan (1644 – 29 October 1684) married Louis Charles d'Albert, 3rd Duke of Luynes, mother of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert, mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia.