[2] His parents were great friends of Queen Marie Leszczyńska, consort of Louis XV of France.
He also took part in campaigns in 1735 and 1745, the latter in the War of the Austrian Succession, and was injured in combat at Sahay at the head of the Dragoons.
He participated in the attack of Prague in 1742, and also assisted in various sieges and battles of the era.
[2] After the death of his first wife, he married, secondly, to Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli on 27 April 1738 with whom he had three children with:[2] He died in Paris in his hôtel.
[1] He was buried at the Chapelle de Saint Jean l'Évangeliste at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.