Mother Catherine de Neufville Parents Louis, Count of Armagnac Children Louis, Prince of Lambesc | Name Henri, of | |
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Born 15 November 1661 ( 1661-11-15 ) Spouse Marie Madeline d'Epinay IssueDetail Louis, Prince of Lambesc Died April 3, 1713, Versailles, France Similar People Pierre Corneille, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Sophie d'Houdetot, Denis Diderot, Loulou de la Falaise | ||
Henri de Lorraine (15 November 1661 – 3 April 1713) was the Count de Brionne. He was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise and the Grand Squire of France.
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Born to Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac, and his wife Catherine de Neufville, he was the couple's first child.
His father Louis, was the Grand Squire of France, one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of Master of the Horse and the Crown Equerry.
At Louis' death, the post, as well as style of Monsieur le Grand was taken by Henri's youngest brother, Charles de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac (at Charles' death, it was given to Louis' grandson, the Prince de Lambesc).
Henri's mother was Catherine de Neufville, youngest child of the Marechal de Villeroy, governor of the young Louis XIV. Henri's first cousin was Francois de Neufville, Duke de Villeroy and the future governor of Louis XV.
On 23 December 1689, Henri married Marie Madeleine d'Epinay and had two children, the future Prince de Lambesc and a daughter styled Mademoiselle de Brionne. Only the former married. His great-granddaughter Josephine de Lorraine was the grand mother of Charles Albert of Sardinia thus an ancestor of the present House of Savoy.
His sister, Marie was the mother of Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, sovereign Princess of Monaco.
Henri died in 1713, five years before his father and this the countship of Armagnac was given to his youngest brother, Charles. Henri died at Versailles, his wife outliving him by over a year.
He had an illegitimate child by an unknown mistress, Mademoiselle Pothenot; the child was called batard de Brionne and styled as "le Chevalier d'Orgon".