Jean VII d'Harcourt was a count of Aumale, viscount of Châtellerault, seigneur

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 of Mézières, of Elbeuf, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye etc.

He was the son of John VI of Harcourt, count of Harcourt, and of Catherine de Bourbon, sister-in-law of Charles V

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. On 17 March 1390 he married Marie of Alençon

Marie of Alencon

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 (29 March 1373-1417), princess of the blood, daughter of Peter II of Alençon and of Marie Chamaillart d'Anthenaise, viscountess of Beaumont, and they had three children - John VIII of Harcourt

John VIII of Harcourt

Jean VIII of Harcourt was a count of Aumale. He was the son of John VII of Harcourt, count of Harcourt, and of Marie of Alençon, a "princess of the blood".-Life:...

 (count of Aumale, lieutenant and captain general of Normandy, killed at the battle of Harcourt), Marie d'Harcourt

Marie of Harcourt (1398-1476)

Marie of Harcourt was Countess of Aumale and Baroness of Elbeuf from 1452 to 1476. She was the eldest daughter of John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt and Aumale and Baron of Elbeuf, and of Marie of Alençon....

 (1398–1476, wife of Antoine de Lorraine

Antoine of Vaudémont

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, comte of Vaudémont and of Guise, who is the origin of the Harcourt-Lorraine branch), and Jeanne of Harcourt (1399–1456).

He participated in the siege of Taillebourg

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, where he was made a knight by his uncle Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

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, and at the siege of Tunis

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 and Harfleur. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Agincourt

Battle of Agincourt

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 (1415), where he was taken prisoner.

In 1418, his castle

Château d'Harcourt

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 at Harcourt

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 was taken by the English. His titles of count of Aumale and count of Harcourt were usurped and given to the Earl of Warwick

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

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 and the Duke of Clarence

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. His cousin - king Charles VI

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 - therefore supported him and named him captain general of Normandy and gave him a gift of 1000 books. On his death in 1452, he was buried at the Franciscan

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convent at Châtellerault which he had founded. With him the oldest branch of Harcourt became extinct.