Francois Louis of Lorraine ( 1623 - June 27, 1694 ) - French aristocrat , Count d'Arcourt (1666-1694). He also wore the titles: Count de Rieux, Rochefort and Montlor, Marquise de Mobec and Baron de Abeni.
| Francois Louis of Lorraine | |||||||
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 Coat of arms of the Lorraine House | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Henry of Lorraine | ||||||
| Successor | Alphonse Henry Charles of Lorraine | ||||||
| Birth | 1623 | ||||||
| Death | June 27, 1694 | ||||||
| Kind | Lorraine House , Giza | ||||||
| Father | Charles II de Guise | ||||||
| Mother | Catherine Henrietta de Bourbon | ||||||
| Spouse | Anna d'Ornano | ||||||
| Children | Francois, Maria Angelica Henrietta, Alfons Henri Charles , Caesar, Maria Anna and Charles | ||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 children
- 4 Sources
- 5 Links
Biography
Representative of the genus Gizov , the younger line of the Lorraine House. The third son of Charles II de Guise (1596-1657), 2nd Duke d'Elboeuf, and Catherine Henrietta de Bourbon (1596-1663), Mademoiselle de Vendome, illegitimate daughter of King of France Henry IV of Bourbon and his favorite Gabriel d'Estre.
From his youth he wore the title of Prince d'Arcourt, later after the death of his uncle Heinrich Lorraine became Earl of d'Arcourt ( 1666 ).
A member of the house of Guise, founded by Claude of Lorraine, 1st Duke of Guise , son of the Duke of Lorraine Rene II de Vaudemont . in France, Giza was considered a foreign prince , ranked lower than members of the royal family and princes of blood .
His paternal cousins were Philippe de Lorrain-Armagnac (minion of Philippe, Duke of Orleans ) and Count Louis d'Armagnac . His maternal cousins were King of France Louis XIV and Duke of Orleans.
Family
In July 1645, in Paris at the Palais Royal, he married Anna d'Ornano (d. 1695 ), Countess de Montlor, and Marquise de Mobec. Their eldest son, Francois, born out of wedlock, was legalized only in 1694 . The spouses had six children, two of whom had offspring. His eldest daughter, Maria Angelica, became the wife of the Portuguese aristocrat, the Duke of Cadaval, and died in childbirth, while the other daughter, Maria Anna, became the abbess of Montmartre in 1685 .
In January 1694, 69-year-old Francois Louis died, having outlived his wife for a year. He was succeeded by the second son Alphonse Henry .
Children
- Francois of Lorraine, Bastard d'Arcourt (until 1645 - c. 1694 ), was not married
- Maria Angelica Henrietta of Lorraine (c. 1646 - June 20, 1674), husband from 1671 Nuno Alvarez Pereira de Melo (1638-1725), 1st Duke of Cadaval
- Alphonse Henri Charles of Lorraine (August 14, 1648 - October 19, 1718), Count d'Arcourt (1694-1718)
- Caesar of Latharing (c. 1650 - July 31, 1675), Count de Montlor, was not married
- Maria Anna Lorraine (1657 - October 2, 1699), abbess of Montmartre (from 1685)
- Charles of Lorraine (1661 - March 23, 1683), abbot d'Arcourt, was not married.
Sources
- G. Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, 575 p. ISBN 2-86480-517-0
Links
- Leo van de Pas. François Louis de Lorraine Comte d'Harcourt . Genealogics.org. - Francois Louis of Lorraine, Count d'Arcourt. (eng.)