Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt
French general
Died when: 74 years 184 days (894 months)Star Sign: Leo
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Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt, 3rd Duc d'Auerstaedt (August 9, 1829 – February 9, 1904) was a French General of the Second Empire and restored to the extinct title as 3rd Duc d'Auerstaedt, a title originally held by his uncle Louis Nicolas Davout.
The title was resurrected by an Imperial edict of Napoleon III in 1864.He was the son of Charles Isidor Davout (1774-1854) and wife (married in 1824) Claire de Chevery (1804-1895).
Davout was born to a Burgundian noble family and served in the French Army from 1849 until 1877.He took part in Napoleon III's disastrous Franco-Prussian War.
He married on June 16, 1858 Jeanne Alice de Voize, by whom he had issue, three daughters and a son:
* Napoléonie Jeanne Aimée Marguerite (Lyon, December 14, 1869-Paris, March 25, 1952), married in Paris, June 26, 1890 Vicomte Marie Alexandre François Daru (Paris, July 25, 1852-Pau, October 31, 1921)
* Marie-Mathilde (Motel, September 10, 1871-Bizy, May 31, 1955), married in Paris, June 27, 1895 Joseph Gaspard Comte de Berthier-Bizy (Bizy, July 14, 1866-Versailles, July 26, 1910)
* Claire Marie Marguerite (Versailles, August 28, 1873-Chevreuse, September 16, 1967), unmarried and without issue
* Louis Nicolas Marie Bernard, 4th Duc d'Auerstedt (Clermont-Ferrand, March 24, 1877-Saint-Gaudens, March 1, 1958), married in Paris, February 20, 1902 Hélène Eugénie Françoise Marie Etignard de la Faulotte (Paris, September 10, 1880-, January 24, 1946), and had issue, fourteen children
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