Joseph, Count of Harcourt
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Joseph de Lorraine was a member of the House of Lorraine
and Count of Harcourt. He was styled prince de Guise before becoming Count of Harcourt.
and his wife Marie Françoise de Brancas, he second of three children.
He married on 2 July 1705 and the couple had four children, three of which survived infancy and two had further issue. He died in 1739 aged 59. His female line descendants are the Dukes of Noailles through his eldest grand child Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne
, princesse de Beauvau, wife of Charles Juste de Beauvau.
House of Lorraine
The House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe...
and Count of Harcourt. He was styled prince de Guise before becoming Count of Harcourt.
Biography
Born to Alphonse Henri, Count of HarcourtAlphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt
Alphonse Henri de Lorraine was a member of the House of Lorraine and Count of Harcourt.-Biography:...
and his wife Marie Françoise de Brancas, he second of three children.
He married on 2 July 1705 and the couple had four children, three of which survived infancy and two had further issue. He died in 1739 aged 59. His female line descendants are the Dukes of Noailles through his eldest grand child Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne
Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne
Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Married into the House of Beauvau, a powerful family originating in Anjou, she had a daughter aged twenty and died of smallpox at the age of thirty three...
, princesse de Beauvau, wife of Charles Juste de Beauvau.
Issue
- Louise Henriette Françoise de LorraineLouise Henriette Françoise de LorraineLouise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine was a French noblewoman and member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine...
(1707 – 31 March 1737) married Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'AuvergneEmmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730)Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French nobleman and ruler of the Soveriegn Duchy of Bouillon. He was the son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Marie Anne Mancini...
and had issue; - Marie Élisabeth Sofie de Lorraine (1710 – 2 August 1740) married Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis and had issue;
- Louis de Lorraine (17 December 1720 – 20 June 1747) never married; styled Prince of Harcourt but de facto Count of Harcourt
- X de Lorraine (male) (January – May 1721) died unbaptised.