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Joseph, Count of Harcourt

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House
  
House of Lorraine

Name
  
Joseph, of

Born
  
30 April 1679 France (
1679-04-30
)

Died
  
29 April 1739(1739-04-29) (aged 59) France

Spouse
  
Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille

Issue Detail
  
Louise Henriette Francoise, Duchess of Bouillon Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Richelieu Louis, Prince of Harcourt

Father
  
Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt

Mother
  
Marie Francoise de Brancas

Joseph de Lorraine (Anne Marie Joseph; 30 April 1679 – 29 April 1739) was a member of the House of Lorraine and Count of Harcourt. He was styled prince de Guise before becoming Count of Harcourt.

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Biography

Born to Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt and his wife Marie Francoise 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.

Issue

  • Louise Henriette Francoise de Lorraine (1707 – 31 March 1737) married Emmanuel Theodose de La Tour d'Auvergne and had issue;
  • Marie Elisabeth Sofie de Lorraine (1710 – 2 August 1740) married Louis Francois 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.

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