Anne Emmanuel, 8th Duke of Croÿ
Anne-Emmanuel-Ferdinand-François de Croÿ Prince of Solre and Duke of Croÿ (10 September 1743 - 15 December 1803) was a French soldier of the 18th century who attained the rank of Maréchal de camp. He served as a member of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 representing the Bailiwick of Le Quesnoy, Hainaut.[1]
He had previously served as a member of the Assembly of Notables in 1788 and 1789.[2]
Withdrawing from France during the French Revolution, he received the sovereignty of Dülmen in Westphalia after the Congress of Ratisbon (1797).[3] Anne was the only son of Emmanuel de Croÿ-Solre, the 7th Duke of Croÿ.
References
- ^ "Anne, Emmanuel, Ferdinand, François DE CROY-SOLRE DE CROY". Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 (in French). Assemblée nationale. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ duc de Croÿ, Emmanuel (1906). vicomte de Grouchy, Emmanuel Henri (ed.). Journal inédit du duc de Croÿ, 1718-1784: publié, d'après le manuscrit autographe conservé à la bibliothèque de l'Institut, avec introduction, notes et index (in French). E. Flammarion. pp. 43–44. LCCN 32029146.
- ^ Charles Joseph de Francque, Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliare (Brussels, 1826), p. 26 s.v. Croy.
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