François-Jules-Gaspard de Contades, Vicomte de Contades (29 December 1760 – 3 September 1811) was a French aristocrat and soldier who was known as the Chevalier de Contades.
In 1803, he benefited from the amnesty concerning former emigrants, following article 12 of the Sénatus-consulte of 1802. He resided at his family's Château de Montgeoffroy, which had been the property of the Contades family since 1772.[4]
Personal life
On 9 March 1791, Contades was married, by contract, to Cécile Emilie Céleste Eléonore "Mérote" de Bouillé (1774–1801), a daughter of Marie Louise Guillemette de Bègue and François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, one of King Louis XVI's generals who was a leading conspirator involved in the royal family's failed flight in 1791 (the failure of which forced Bouillé into exile).[5] Together, they were the parents of:
Constance de Contades (1792–1854), who married Jacques-Philippe Bernard de La Barre de Danne.[4]
Jules Gaspard Amour de Contades (1794–1861), a cavalry officer who married Gabrielle Adèle Alexandrine Amys du Ponceau.[4]