Louis, Duke of Joyeuse
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Charles, Duke of Guise
Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves.-Biography:...
and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.
Life
He was appointed Grand Chamberlain of FranceGrand Chamberlain of France
The Grand Chamberlain of France was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, a member of the Maison du Roi , and one of the Great Offices of the Maison du Roi during the Ancien Régime...
in 1644, shortly after the Guises were permitted to return from their exile in Florence
Florence
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. Louis XIV having returned the confiscated lands of Joyeuse, and the title "Joyeuse", to the once disgraced Guises, upon his majority in 1647 Louis de Lorraine was granted the title Duke of Joyeuse, the duchy of his maternal ancestors.
As Colonel General of the light cavalry, he served as a volunteer at the siege of Gravelines
Gravelines
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in 1644, and in two other campaigns. ("His company of mounted guards and their trappings were the finest possible", commented a newsletter of the time.) He died in Paris from a wound in his right arm, received on 22 April 1654, while charging the enemy near Arras
Arras
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. He was buried at Joinville
Joinville, Haute-Marne
Joinville is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.Its medieval château-fort, which gave to members of the House of Guise their title, duc de Joinville, was demolished during the Revolution of 1789, but the 16th-century Château du Grand Jardin built by Claude de Lorraine,...
near his paternal ancestors.
He married on 3 November 1649, in Toulon
Toulon
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, Marie Françoise de Valois (d. 1696), daughter of Louis Emmanuel, Duke of Angoulême, who succeeded her father in 1653. Mentally unstable (imbécile), she was confined to the abbey of Essey
Essey
Essey is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
only a few years after their marriage. He was also created Duc de la Guiche in 1653, but the title became extinct upon his death. He had two children:
- Louis Joseph, Duke of GuiseLouis Joseph, Duke of GuiseLouis Joseph de Lorraine Duke of Guise and Duke of Angoulême, was the only son of Louis, Duke of Joyeuse and Marie Françoise de Valois, the only daughter of the Count of Alès, Governor of Provence and son of Charles de Valois Duke of Angoulême, a bastard of Charles IX of France.-Biography:He was...
(1650–1671) - Catherine Henriette (1651–1655/56). Rumour had it that she did not die circa 1655 but was confined at Issey with her mother so that Louis Joseph would be an "only" son, thereby inheriting his parents' entire estate.