Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel
Dominique Louis Gabriel Joseph Marie de La Rochefoucauld de Montbel (born 6 July 1950 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a member of the French House of La Rochefoucauld and the Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Family. La Rochefoucauld-Montbel is the son of Charles Emmanuel, Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel and of his second wife Joanna Forbes. He has a twin brother and two younger sisters. In 1991, at the death of his half-brother Guy-Emmanuel, he succeeded as Prince (Fürst ) de la Rochefoucauld, a title given to his  great-grandfather Jules by the King of Bavaria in 1909. La Rochefoucauld-Montbel married Pascale Marie Subtil 24 January 1984 (civil) and 25 February 1984 (religious) at Connantre. They have one son and two daughters. Education and career. La Rochefoucauld-Montbel attended Worth School near Crawley, England, the Collège Champittet near Lausanne, and the Institut Florimont near Geneva. He studied economics at the Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris. From 1975 to 2004 La Rochefoucauld-Montbel pursued a career in finance, working mostly on the gold market and in exchange transactions. He manages a real-estate consultancy service and a  real-estate assets management company. La Rochefoucauld-Montbel is member of the Council of the Societé des amis of the Musée de la Légion d'honneur. He is a member of the Jockey Club and of the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne. Order of Malta. In 1982 La Rochefoucauld-Montbel was received into the Order of Malta as a Knight of Honour and Devotion. 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. La Rochefoucauld-Montbel has served in a number of positions in  the French Association of the Order of Malta: Administrator (1994-1996), Vice-President (1994-2000), President (2000-2014), Vice-President (2014-present). He was Vice-President of the French Foundation of the Order of Malta from 2008 to 2012 and the official representative of the Order of Malta for the Hospital of the Holy Family in Bethlehem from 2009 to 2014. In 2010 he became a member of the International Hospital Council of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Rome. At the Chapter General of the Order of Malta held 30-31 May 2014 in Rome, La Rochefoucauld-Montbel was  elected Grand Hospitaller. He was re-elected at the Chapter General held 1-2 May 2019. In this capacity he is responsible for the humanitarian affairs and international cooperation of the Order of Malta worldwide. Honours and decorations. House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Grand Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George