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The Duke of Luynes
Born	Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes (1695-07-30)30 July 1695
Died	2 November 1758(1758-11-02) (aged 73) Château de Dampierre
Spouse	Louise-Léontine de Bourbon ​ ​ (m. 1710; died 1721)​ Marie Brulart ​ ​ (m. 1732; died 1758)​
Issue	Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes
Father	Honoré Charles d'Albert
Mother	Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli

Charles Philippe d'Albert, 4th Duke of Luynes (30 July 1695 – 2 November 1758) held the title Duke of Luynes from 1712 to 1758. He wrote an important memoir of life at the court of Louis XV.

Life

Charles Philippe the son of Honoré Charles d'Albert and Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli.

Dedication to the Duke of Luynes after the Siege of Maastricht (1748)

Luynes was a Peer of France and cavalry officer. He was part of the intimate group that she called her "gentlefolk" (honnêtes gens). He wrote a journal of historic events and facts about the court, a work which has no pretension of literary merit, but is valuable as a document for the study of the aristocratic society of his time.

Marriage & issue

Charles Philippe married Louise-Léontine de Bourbon, Princess of Neuchatel. They had:

• Marie Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes (1717–1771), who married Thérèse Pélagie d'Albert in 1735.

In 1732, Charles Philippe married Marie Brulart, she became lady-in-waiting to the Queen Maria Leszczyńska, the consort of King Louis XV.

Charles Philippe died at the Château de Dampierre and was buried at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.