Louis VIII de Rohan (August 5, 1598 – Paris, February 18, 1667) was a French aristocrat from theHouse of Rohan. He was the 3rdDuke of Montbazon, 4thPrince of Guéméné, Baron de Coupvray et du Verger, Comte de Rochefort, Seigneur de Mortiercrolles, etc., and aPair of France.
Louis VIII de Rohan was the eldest son ofHercule de Rohan, Duc de Montbazon, and Madeleine de Lenoncourt. On December 31, 1619, he was admitted to theOrder of the Holy Spirit as Comte de Rochefort. In 1621, he became governor ofÎle-de-France, Soissons, Noyon, etc., in survivance of his father. Due to his marriage, he was able to assume the namePrince of Guéméné in 1622.
In 1636, he participated in the campaign in Picardy and, on May 24, 1654, in the coronation of Louis XIV. Upon his father's death on October 16, 1654, he became the 3rd Duke of Montbazon and subsequentlyGrand Huntsman of France.
Louis VIII de Rohan married on February 2, 1619 his cousin Anne de Rohan, 4th Princesse de Guémené in 1622 (died March 14, 1685), heir of Pierre de Rohan, 3rd Prince de Guéméné (died 1622), and Madeleine de Rieux-Châteauneuf.
They had 2 children:
Louis VIII de Rohan died in February 1667 and was buried in theTrinitarian Church he founded inCoupvray. Anne de Rohan died on March 14, 1685 and was buried in the Church of theCongregation of the Feuillants in Paris.