Noble family House of Harcourt Spouse Marie d'Alencon Name John Count | Mother Catherine de Bourbon Father John VI of Harcourt | |
Buried Franciscan convent at Chatellerault Died December 18, 1452, Chatellerault, France Parents John VI, Count of Harcourt Children Marie, Countess of Harcourt, John VIII, Count of Harcourt Grandchildren Frederick II, Count of Vaudemont, Jean, Count of Harcourt | ||
Grandparents John V, Count of Harcourt | ||
Jean VII d'Harcourt (1369-18 December 1452, Châtellerault) was a French nobleman. He was Count of Aumale, Viscount of Châtellerault, and Seigneur 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 King Charles V. On 17 March 1390 he married Marie of Alençon (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:
He participated in the siege of Taillebourg, where he was made a knight by his uncle Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, and at the siege of Tunis and Harfleur. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), where he was taken prisoner.
In 1418, his castle at Harcourt was taken by the English. His titles of count of Aumale and count of Harcourt were usurped and given to the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence. His cousin — king Charles VI — 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 convent at Châtellerault which he had founded. With him the oldest branch of Harcourt became extinct.