Duke of Montebello (French : duc de Montebello ) was a title created by French Emperor Napoleon I [1] in 1808 as a victory title for Marshal Jean Lannes , one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Lannes commanded the advance guard in the crossing of the Alps in 1800 and was instrumental in winning the Battle of Montebello .
Marshal Jean Lannes , by Julie Volpelière (after François Gérard )
He was succeeded by his second son:
m. 10 July 1830 Eleanor Jenkinson (7 February 1810 – St. Petersburg 11 October 1863), daughter of Sir Charles Jenkinson
He was succeeded by his eldest son:
Napoléon Camille Charles Jean, 3rd Duke of Montebello (30 October 1835 – Pau 30 November 1876)
m. Pau 12 August 1873 Laure Joséphine Marie Daguilhon
He was succeeded by his only son:
Napoléon Barbe Joseph Jean, 4th Duke of Montebello (9 April 1877 – 27 January 1899)
He was succeeded by his uncle:
Charles Louis Maurice, 5th Duke of Montebello (Bern 27 October 1836 – Paris 23 December 1922)
m. Paris 24 Oct 1865 Thérèse O'Tard de la Grange-Keith (Cognac 23 January 1844 – Montendre 2 November 1915)
He was succeeded by his grandson:
Napoléon Jean Jules, 6th Duke of Montebello (Paris 5 March 1903 – château de Mareuil 22 May 1988)
m. 1st Paris 15 Apr 1925 Marie d'Albert de Luynes (Paris 15 November 1898 – Paris 31 January 1929)
m. 2nd Guéthary 2 Jun 1930 Princess Diane de Broglie (Paris 28 April 1907 – La Tour Blanche 12 May 1987)
He was succeeded by his elder son:
Maurice Georges Antoine Marie, 7th Duke of Montebello (born Biarritz 2 July 1939)
m. Celettes 23 October 1971 Christina Meyer-Ratken (born Röpke, Germany 12 April 1937)
See R. Penn, Vie militaire de Jean Lannes (Paris, 1809).
See M. Marbot , The Memoirs of General Marbot (Paris, 1891).