- Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf
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Charles Duke of Elbeuf Spouse Catherine Henriette de Bourbon Issue Charles, Duke of Elbeuf
François Louis, Count of Harcourt
François Marie, Prince of LillebonneFull name Charles de Lorraine House House of Lorraine Father Charles de Lorraine Mother Marguerite de Chabot Born 5 November 1596
Paris, FranceDied 5 November 1657 (aged 61)
Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, FranceCharles de Lorraine (5 November 1596 – 5 November 1657) was a French nobleman, the son of Charles I of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf by his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeeded his father in the Elbeuf dukedom (Elboeuf is an alternate, anglicized spelling) in 1605.
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Biography
He joined the French royal court in 1607, becoming a playmate to the future King Louis XIII. When the latter reached majority, Charles was appointed Grand Chamberlain of France. He was a loyal servant to the King, of assistance in conflicts with Marie de' Medici, Cardinal Richelieu, and the Huguenots. The Duke of Longueville, governor of Normandy, and loyal to Queen Marie, led a revolt against the king and established camps at Orival, near Elbeuf. The king and Richelieu were the main targets of the revolt, and Charles was appointed governor of Normandy. He took part in the siege of Rochelle, but was wounded at Saint-Jean-d'Angély. He was given the additional post of governor of Picardie.
He died at Paris in 1657.
Marriage and children
On 20 June 1619 he married Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, called Mademoiselle de Vendôme,2 an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France by Gabrielle d'Estrées. They had six children:
- (1) Anne Elisabeth de Lannoy (1626–1654);
- (2) Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne (11 May, 1635–23 October, 1680);
- (3) Françoise de Montault de Navailles (?–11 June, 1717);
- (4) children by an unknown mistress
- Henri de Lorraine (1622–3 April, 1648) never married; Abbe of Hombieres
- François Louis de Lorraine (1623–27 June, 1694) Count of Harcourt, married Anne d'Ornano and had issue;
- François Marie de Lorraine (4 April, 1624–19 January, 1694) Prince of Lillebonne; married;
- (1) Christine d'Estrées (no issue)
- (2) Anne de Lorraine, had issue; were the parents of Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont and great grandparents of Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise; they were also the ancestors of the murdered duc d'Enghien
- Catherine de Lorraine (1626–1645)
- Marie Marguerite de Lorraine (1629–7 August, 1679) Mademoiselle d'Elboeuf, never married.
Footnotes
Most of the initial information here was translated directly from the French Wikipedia pages.
References and notes
Princes of Lorraine The generations start from the children of Réné II 1st Generation Prince Charles* · Prince François* · Antoine, Duke of Lorraine · Prince Nicolas* · Claude, Duke of Guise · Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine* · Louis, Count of Vaudémont · Prince François*2nd Generation François I · Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur · Prince Jean · Prince Antoine · Francis, Duke of Guise · Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine* · Claude, Duke of Aumale · Louis, Cardinal of Guise* · René, Marquis of Elbeuf3rd Generation Charles III · Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur · Henri, Duke of Guise · Charles, Duke of Aumale · Charles, Duke of Elbeuf4th Generation Henri II · Prince Charles* · François II · Charles, Duke of Mayenne · Prince Philippe Louis* · Charles, Duke of Guise · Charles, Duke of Elbeuf · Louis, Cardinal of Guise · Claude, Duke of Chevreuse · Prince François Alexandre5th Generation Prince Henri* · Charles IV · Nicolas François, Duke of Lorraine · Henri, Duke of Guise* · Louis, Duke of Joyeuse* · Henri, Count of Harcourt · Charles, Duke of Elbeuf* · Henri, Abbot of Hombliéres* · François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne* · François Louis, Count of Harcourt* · Louis, Count of Armagnac · Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine6th Generation Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince* · Charles V · Charles Henri, Prince of Commercy* · Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise* · Alfonse Louis, Abbot of Royaumont* · Raimond Bérenger, Abbot of Faron de Meaux* · Henri, Duke of Elbeuf* · Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf* · Henri, Count of Brionne · Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt · Charles, Count of Marsan7th Generation Léopold I · Charles Joseph, Bishop of Olomouc* · Prince Charles Ferdinand* · Prince Joseph Innocent* · François Antoine, Abbot of Malmedy* · Charles Thomas, Prince of Vaudémont · François Joseph, Duke of Guise* · Henri, Count of Brionne · Charles, Count of Armagnac · Louis, Prince of Lambesc · Joseph, Count of Harcourt · Charles Louis, Count of Marsan8th Generation Louis, Hereditary Prince* · Louis, Hereditary Prince* · Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince* · Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor · Prince Charles Alexandre* · Louis, Prince of Brionne · Gaston, Count of Marsan* · Camille, Prince of Marsan*9th Generation Charles Eugene, Prince of Lambesc, Duke of Elbeuf* · Joseph, Prince of Vaudémont*- died without surviving issue
Categories:- 1596 births
- 1657 deaths
- Dukes of Elbeuf
- Recipients of the Order of the Holy Spirit
- House of Lorraine
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