Emmanuel Maurice of Lorraine ( French Emmanuel Maurice de Guise-Lorraine ; December 30, 1677 - July 17, 1763 ) - French aristocrat , fifth duke d'Elboeuf ( 1748 - 1763 ) and peer of France .
| Emanuel Maurice of Lorraine | |||||||
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| fr. Emmanuel maurice de guise-lorraine | |||||||
 Coat of arms of the Dukes d'Elboeuf | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Henry of Lorraine | ||||||
| Successor | Charles Eugene Lorraine | ||||||
| Birth | December 30, 1677 Paris , France | ||||||
| Death | July 17, 1763 (85 years old) France | ||||||
| Kind | Giza | ||||||
| Father | Charles Lorraine | ||||||
| Mother | Elizabeth de la Tour d'Overgne | ||||||
| Spouse | 1) Maria Teresa de Stramboni 2) Innocenta Catherine de Rouge de Plessis de Bellier | ||||||
| Children | childless | ||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 Sources
- 4 References
Biography
Representative of the genus Gizov , the younger line of the Lorraine House . The youngest son of Charles of Lorraine ( 1620 - 1692 ), the third duke ( 1657 - 1692 ), from his second marriage to Elizabeth de la Tour d'Overgne ( 1635 - 1680 ), daughter of Frederic-Maurice de la Tour d'Overgne , Duke of Bouillon. She was the niece of the Viscount de Turenne .
The founder of the Giza clan was Claude of Lorraine, the first duke of Guise , the youngest son of Rene II ( 1451 - 1508 ), the duke of Lorraine (1473-1508), and Philippe d'Egmont (c. 1465 - 1547).
His sister-in-law was Charlotte de Rocheshoir-Mortemar ( 1660 - 1729 ), daughter of Louis Victor de Rocheshoir-Mortemar and niece of Madame de Montespan . His stepsister Susanne Henrietta of Lorraine became the Duchess of Mantua.
Since 1706, he served the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I in Naples with the rank of lieutenant general of the cavalry, commanding the Austrian regiment. Because of this, the king of France Louis XIV turned his back on him.
While living in Naples, he commissioned the Neapolitan architect Ferdinando Sanfelice to build a mansion on the outskirts of Portici in 1711 . His estate became known as "villa d'Elbeuf." From 1711 to 1716 he lived in this villa. This villa was visited in 1738 by King of Naples Charles III and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony. They were so impressed with the villa that they ordered the construction of the Reggia di Portici palace in Portici .
In 1719, Emmanuel Maurice of Lorraine discovered the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum . In the same year he returned to France to return his property.
The prince was not supposed to be the duke of d'Elboeuf, as he was the youngest of the five sons of Charles of Lorraine born of two marriages. His older brothers Charles, Heinrich Frederick and Louis died before their father.
In 1692, after the death of Charles of Lorraine, the title of Duke d'Elbeuf was inherited by Henry of Lorraine ( 1661 - 1748 ), the elder brother of Emmanuel Maurice. Heinrich had two sons who died in 1705 during the Spanish Succession War.
In May 1748, after the death of his older brother Heinrich, Emmanuel Maurice Lorraine inherited the title of Duke d'Elböff.
In July 1763, 85-year-old Emmanuel Maurice Lorraine died, leaving no children behind. His title was inherited by cousin Charles Eugene of Lorraine , Prince de Lambesque and Count de Brionne.
Family
He was twice married. On October 25, 1713, in Naples, he married Maria Theresa de Stramboni (d. 1745 ), from whom he had no children.
On June 6, 1747, he married Innocent Catherine de Rouge de Plessis de Bellier ( 1707 - 1794 ) for the second time. The second marriage was also childless.
Sources
- Georges Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, 1991
Links
- van de Pas, Leo. "Emmanuel Maurice de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf." Genealogics.org.
- Velde, François. "The Rank / Title of Prince in France, French Heraldry and Related Topics . " Genealogics.org.