Méry de Contades
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Méry de Contades, Marquis de Contades (8 September 1786 – 21 June 1869) was a French aristocrat and politician.
Contades was born on 8eptember 1786 in Angers, the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department. His family occupied Château de Montgeoffroy. He was the second son of Marie-Françoise-Madeleine-Rose de Villiers de Riou (c. 1757–1833) and Erasmus-Gaspard de Contades, Marquis de Contades.[1] His elder brother, Gaspard de Contades, married Marie-Henriette d'Oms, and his younger brother, Erasmus de Contades, served as aide de camp to General Jacques Lauriston.[2] His sister, Françoise de Contades, married Count Armand-Charles d'Anthenaise.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Julie Victoire Constantin de La Lorie, Dame du Plantis and Georges-Gaspard de Contades, Marquis de Contades, a member of the Académie des sciences. Among his extended family were uncles, Louis Gabriel de Contades, Marquis de Contades-Gizeux, and François-Jules de Contades, Viscount de Contades. His great-grandfather was Louis Georges Érasme de Contades, Marquis de Contades, a prominent battlefield commander during the Seven Years' War, who was made a Marshal of France.[3] Through his brother Gaspard, he was an uncle to Erasmus-Henri de Contades, Marquis de Contades, a Member of Parliament for Cantal, who married Sophie de Castellane (daughter of Count Boniface de Castellane).[4] His maternal grandfather was Jacques de Villiers d'Aubernière, Lord of Theil de Riou.[2]
