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[[File:Visita de Estado de su Alteza Emenentísima, El Principe Frey Mattew Festing,Gran Maestre de la Soberana Orden de Malta. - 25023106756.jpg|thumb|Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Grand Hospitaler, seating on the sofa on the left side, during a diplomatic visit of the Order of Malta]]
'''Dominique, de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel''' (born 6 July 1950 in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France), Officer of the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d’Honneur]], member of the [[House of La Rochefoucauld]] and humanitarian diplomat. He was Grand Hospitaller and president of the [[:fr:Association française des membres de l'ordre de Malte|French Association]] of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].

==Family==

La Rochefoucauld-Montbel married Pascale Marie Subtil (financial control and auditor expert, Dauphine University), in January 1984 at [[Connantre]].<ref name="gotha" /> They have three children : Marie, Gabriel and Anne. 

In the recent history, he is a descendant of :
* [[Jean Joseph Dessolles, 1st Marquis Dessolles|Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles]], grand cross of the Legion of honor, general under Bonaparte then Napoleon, Prime Minister of Louis XVIII and of the [[Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre|General Auguste Dampierre]]. Both having their names under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
* [[Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld]], cousin and dame d'honneur of Empress Joséphine and her husband Alexandre, ambassadeur of the Emperor, grand officer of the Legion of honor, son of the famous [[François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld|Francois XII, duke de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt]]
* [[:fr:Louis-Joseph de Montbel|Louis-Joseph de Montbel]], field marshal, first chambellan of Charles X.
* The [[:fr:François de Négrier|General François de Négrier]] whose heart lays in the Invalides in Paris in the crypt of the governors. His nephew the [[:fr:Oscar de Négrier|General Oscar de Négrier]], grand cross of the Legion of honor, was the godfather of Simone Darblay de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel.
*

La Rochefoucauld-Montbel is son of Charles Emmanuel and of Joanna Forbes.<ref name="gotha">{{cite book |last=Cuny |first=Hubert |author-link= |date= 1988|title=Le Gotha français: Etat présent des familles ducales et princières (depus 1940) |url= |location= Paris|publisher= L'Intermédiaire des Chercheurs etCurieux |page=136 |isbn=226200546X}}</ref> He succeeded to his father as Prince (Fürst) de La Rochefoucauld, a title given to his great-grandfather Jules by the [[King of Bavaria]] in 1909. He is also Count de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel (French title). The [[Almanach de Gotha|La Rochefoucauld-Montbel]] are present in the Almanach de Gotha.

The Prince branch of the family is closely linked with the Holy Mary apparitions in [[Our Lady of Pellevoisin|Pellevoisin (France)]] and the discovery of the [[Lascaux|Lascaux Caves]] which they owned. That branch is from the dukes of Estissac and as such, they are linked with Roman nobility with unions with the [[Borghese family|Borghese]].

==Education and career==

La Rochefoucauld-Montbel attended [[Worth School]] near [[Crawley]], England (where he had as a teacher [[Andrew Bertie|Fra' Andrew Bertie]] (who would then become Grand Master of the Order of Malta)), the [[Collège Champittet]] near [[Lausanne]], and the [[Institut Florimont]] near [[Geneva]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> He studied economics at the [[Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris]].<ref name=":0" />

From 1975 to 2004. He pursued a career in finance, working mostly on the gold market and in exchange transactions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> Since 2003, he manages a real-estate consultancy service and a real-estate assets management company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
 
He is President of the SMLH Paris 17th (members of Legion d’Honneur) and administrator of the Society of the Friends of the [[Musée de la Légion d'honneur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>  He is also chancellor of the « Académie des Psychologues du Goût » and president of the foundation for Evangelization through the Media (FEM) created in 2008, shareholder of Aleteia.

==Order of Malta==

In 1992, La Rochefoucauld-Montbel was received into the Order of Malta. In 2008 he took the promise as a Knight in Obedience.  He currently ranks as a Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in Obedience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

La Rochefoucauld-Montbel has served in a number of positions in the French Association of the Order of Malta: Administrator since 1994, Vice-President (1996-2000), President (2000-2014), Vice-President (2014-2023).<ref name="who">''Who's Who in France'', accessed 13 April 2022.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

He is Vice-President of the French Foundation of the Order of Malta <ref>{{cite web |author=Ordre de Malte - Fondation |title=Gouvernance |url=https://fondationordredemalte.org/la-fondation/gouvernance/}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> since 2008 and the official representative of the Order of Malta for the Hospital of the Holy Family in [[Bethlehem]] from 2009 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>   In 2010 he became a member of the International Hospital Council of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld–Montbel |url=https://vaticanconference2021.org/dignitaries-and-speakers/grand-hospitaller-h-e-dominique-prince-de-la-rochefoucauld-montbel/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Vatican Conference 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2012, in the context of the close links between the french navy and the Order of Malta, La Rochefoucauld-Montbel decorated the two battle navy ships [[:fr:Chevalier Paul (frégate)|Le Chevalier Paul]] and the [[:fr:Forbin (frégate)|Forbin]].

At the [[Chapter General of the Order of Malta]] held 30–31 May 2014 in Rome, La Rochefoucauld-Montbel was elected Grand Hospitaller.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=3 June 2014 |title=The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta is held in Rome |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/press-release/chapter-general-sovereign-order-malta-held-rome/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619175807/https://www.orderofmalta.int/press-release/chapter-general-sovereign-order-malta-held-rome/ |archive-date=2022-06-19 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=orderofmalta.int |publisher=Sovereign Military Order of Malta |quote=}}</ref>  He was re-elected at the Chapter General held 1–2 May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2 May 2019 |title=The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta is held in Rome |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/press-release/chapter-general-order-of-malta-has-been-held-rome/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410074026/https://www.orderofmalta.int/press-release/chapter-general-order-of-malta-has-been-held-rome/ |archive-date=2022-04-10 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=orderofmalta.int |publisher=Sovereign Military Order of Malta |quote=}}</ref>  In this capacity he was responsible for the humanitarian affairs and international cooperation of the Order of Malta worldwide. He was director of the Global Fund for Forgotten People.

He is today Vice-President of the Foundation of the Order <ref>{{cite web |author=Ordre de Malte - Fondation |title=Gouvernance |url=https://fondationordredemalte.org/la-fondation/gouvernance/}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and president of its historical academy. 


==Honours and decorations==

{{Flagu|France}}: Officer of the Legion of Honour (31 December 2014)<ref name="legion">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= |title=Décret du 31 décembre 2014 portant promotion et nomination |work=Journal officiel de la République française |location= |url=https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/sites/default/files/promotion/lh_20150101.pdf |access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref> - Knight (12 November 2004)<ref name="legion" />

{{Flagu|France}}: Knight of the National Order of Merit(2 May 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dominique de La Rochefoucauld de Montbel - JORFSearch |url=https://jorfsearch.steinertriples.ch/name/Dominique%20de%20La%20Rochefoucauld%20de%20Montbel |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=jorfsearch.steinertriples.ch}}</ref>

{{Flagu|Holy See}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]] (30 January 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 February 2024 |title=Newsletter - Friends of the museum of Légion d'honneur |url=https://www.amis-musee-legiondhonneur.fr/app/download/5817286692/Lettre_information_N10.pdf |work=Newsletter - Friends of the Museum of Légion of Honor |pages=11}}</ref>

{{Flagu|SMOM}}: Bailli Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Order of Malta

{{Flagu|SMOM}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order pro Merito Melitensi]]<ref name="who" />

{{Flagu|Italy}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (9 September 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=20 April 2021 |title=Conferimento di onorificenze dell'Ordine "Al merito della Repubblica italiana" |url=https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/do/atto/serie_generale/caricaPdf?cdimg=21A0230900000010110001&dgu=2021-04-20&art.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2021-04-20&art.codiceRedazionale=21A02309&art.num=1&art.tiposerie=SG |access-date=13 April 2022 |website=gazzettaufficiale.it |publisher=Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana |quote=}}</ref>

{{Flagu|Spain}}: Grand Cross of the [[:fr:Ordre d'Isabelle la Catholique#Quelques titulaires|Order of Isabella the Catholic]] (29 December 2015)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2015-14305 |title= Real Decreto 1178/2015, de 29 de diciembre |last= |first= |date= 30 December 2015 |website=boe.es |publisher= Boletín Oficial del Estado |access-date=10 April 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

{{Flagu|Cameroon}}: Grand Cross of the [[:fr:Ordre de la Valeur|Order of Valour]]

{{Flagu|Poland}}: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (9 April 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Internetowa baza tekstów prawnych OpenLEX|url=https://sip.lex.pl/akty-prawne/mp-monitor-polski/nadanie-orderow-i-odznaczen-21962652}}</ref> 

{{Flagu|Armenia}}: Grand Officer of the Order of Honour

{{Flagu|Morocco}}: Grand Officer of the [[Order of Ouissam Alaouite|Order of Ouissam alaouite]]

{{Flagu|Romania}}: Grand Officer of the [[Order of the Star of Romania]]

{{Flagu|Holy See}}: Grand cross of Merit of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre|Order of the Holy sepulchre]]

{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg}} [[House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]: Bailli Grand Cross of the [[Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Stair Sainty |first=Guy |author-link= |date= 2018|title= The Constantinian Order of Saint George and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon Families Which Governed It |url= |location=Madrid |publisher= Boletin Oficial del Estado |page= 394 |isbn= 9788434025066}}</ref>

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