LaTour d'Auvergne (surname)

La Tour d'Auvergne is the name of a french noble family, orginally from village of LaTour in Auvergne, dating from 10th century; it divided into several branches, including Counts of Auvergne, Dukes of Bouillon and Al'bert, and Viscounts of Turenne; see Bouillon and Turenne. Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (d. 1519) married Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino; mother of Queen Catherine de Medicis who married Henri de Valois, Duke d'Orlens, later would be Henri II de Valois, King of France.