Title Comtesse de Martigny Name Jeanne du | Religion Roman Catholic | |
Born 30 October 1707 ( 1707-10-30 ) Luneville, Lorraine, France Died 7 May 1748(1748-05-07) (aged 40)
Nancy, Lorraine, France Spouse(s) Granville Elliott (m. 1735–48) Children Marie Charlotte Elliott
Stanislaus Francois Xavier Elliott
Amable Gaspard Antoine Elliott
Charles Phillippe Elliott
Paul Antoine Elliott
Francois Maximillian Elliott
Jean-Baptiste-Francois Elliott Parent(s) Philippe-Louis du Han, comte de Martigny
Catherine Francoise de Roquefeuil de Puydebar | ||
Jeanne Therese du Han de Martigny (30 October 1707 in Luneville – 7 May 1748 in Nancy) was born and baptized the same day in Luneville, in the duchy of Lorraine, now part of France. She was the daughter of Philippe-Louis du Han, comte de Martigny (1678–1733) and his wife Catherine Francoise de Roquefeuil de Puydebar (c.1680 – 1764). The Du Han de Martigny were an important noble family of Lorraine, with estates in the north of the duchy.
Louis-Philippe held posts as conseiller d'etat, Chamberlain and Grand Veneur under Duke Leopold I, and his daughters were among the court beauties. In 1731, Jeanne-Therese was maid of honour to the Dowager Duchess and Regent of Lorraine, Leopold's widow.
After the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession, Granville Elliott spent most of his time away fighting.
Jeanne Therese and her husband Granville appear regularly in the Madame de Graffigny correspondence.
Family
She married Granville Elliott on 15 March 1735, in Mannheim, but the couple lived in Lorraine after their marriage, where they had one daughter and six sons:
- Marie Charlotte Elliott (23 May 1736 – 3 February 1785)
- Stanislaus Francois Xavier Elliott (7 June 1737 – after 1752)
- Amable Gaspard Antoine Elliott (4 September 1738 – 30 June 1814)
- Charles Phillippe Elliott (1 December 1740 – unknown)
- Paul Antoine Elliott (12 June 1741 – 25 July 1741)
- Francois Maximillian Elliott (12 June 1741 – unknown)
- Jean-Baptiste-Francois Elliott (25 June 1747 – unknown)
Jeanne Therese died in Nancy on 7 July 1748 and was buried two days later in the nave of the Notre-Dame church in Nancy. Her body was reburied when the church was demolished in 1790.
Because Granville returned to Britain and remarried, he published a will for Jeanne Therese at London.