Born at Versailles, he was the only son of the Duke of Antin and through his father he was descended from the house of Pardaillan de Gondrin, an old noble family of Gascon origin.
His paternal grandmothers remarriage to Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon (an illegitimate son of Louis XIV) would bring the family even closer to the French royals.
[5] He died at the age of 25 of smallpox[6] at Kloster Zeven while serving as marechal de camp in the French army stationed in Bremen, Germany[6] during the French army's invasion of Hannover during the Seven Years' War.
[7] As he died unmarried and without children he was the final Duke of Antin.
[2] His three younger sister would then come to inherit the wealth and estates of Pardaillain de Gondrin.