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]

Coat of arms of Croÿ-Solre

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

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. Charles Joseph de Francque, Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliare (Brussels, 1826), p. 26 s.v. Croy.