Distinctions
The House of Rochechouart has given its name to a quartier, a boulevard, a street, a metro station, and a hôtel particulier in Paris. It has also given birth to
- Statesmen - 1 prime minister, 2 ministers, 6 deputies and senators, numerous chamberlains of the king
- Soldiers - 1 Marshal of France and 13 generals. 23 Rochechouarts have been killed on the field of battle fighting in the French army
- Churchmen and women - 2 cardinals and 10 bishops
- Writers, artists and intellectuals
- 5 members of the Légion d'honneur, including 1 Grand-Croix, and 8 members of the Order of the Holy Spirit.
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