Joseph Marie de Boufflers

Joseph Marie de Boufflers, 2nd Duke of Boufflers (22 May 1706 – 2 July 1747) was a French nobleman and senior military officer. Early life Joseph Marie was the third, but only surviving, son of Louis-François de Boufflers and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, daughter of Antoine Charles de Gramont, 3rd Duke of Gramont. His father was a marshal of France who was made a peer of France as Duke of Boufflers in 1708. Following the death of his elder brother, on 22 March 1711 he assumed the title Comte de Boufflers and on 28 March 1711 he was made colonel of his late brother's infantry regiment, despite being only five years old. On 22 August 1711, Joseph Marie inherited his father's title and estates. He also assumed his father's positions as governor of Flanders and Hainut, Lille, and Beauvais. Military career On 1 December 1720 he was made colonel of the Régiment de Beaufort, which from May 1721 was renamed Régiment de Boufflers. On 1 July, Joseph Marie received the Régiment de Bourbonnais, for which he gave up the regiment of his name.