Amédée-François-Régis de Pérusse des Cars was born at Chambéry, Savoie, France on 30 December 1790.

[2] A member of the French army known as the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, he participated in the 1823 expedition mobilized by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to help the Spanish Royalists restore King Ferdinand VII of Spain to the absolute power of which he had been deprived during the Liberal Triennium.

[4] Since its renewal, the title has been inherited by a son of the preceding Duke and remains extant to this day.

[2] Through his second son Amédée, he was a grandfather of Hélène Aldégonde Marie de Pérusse des Cars (1847-1933) [[1]], who married Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish (1847-1920), the last member of his family to have been lord of the manor of Standish, Lancashire, a title they held since the 13th century.

Hélène Standish became a well-known member of Paris high society, hosting a celebrated literary and artistic salon.