Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes (3 February 1823 – 9 January 1854), styled Duke of Chevreuse, was a French nobleman.
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Early life
He was the only child of Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, 8th Duke of Luynes, and Marie Françoise Dauvet de Maineville, who were married from 1822 until her death on 23 July 1824. After his mother's death, his father married Jeanne d'Amys de Ponceau. His father was a prominent writer on archaeology who is most remembered for the collection of exhibits he gave to the Cabinet des Médailles, and for supporting the exiled Comte de Chambord's claim to the throne of France.
His father was the eldest son of Charles Marie d'Albert, 7th Duke of Luynes (a grandson of Guy André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, 1st Duke of Laval) and Françoise Ermessinde de Narbonne-Pelet. His maternal grandparents were Gabriel-Nicolas Dauvet, Marquis de Maineville, and Marie-Françoise Vachon de Belmont-Briançon.
Career
As the eldest, and only, son of the Duke of Luynes, who also held the dukedoms of Chevreuse and Chaulnes, Honoré-Louis used the title Duke of Chevreuse.