Joseph, Count of Harcourt

Joseph
Count of Harcourt
Coat-of-arms of Harcourt
Born	(1679-04-30)30 April 1679 France
Died	29 April 1739(1739-04-29) (aged 59) France
Spouse	Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille
Issue Detail	Louise Henriette Françoise, Duchess of Bouillon Marie Élisabeth, Duchess of Richelieu
Names Anne Marie Joseph de Lorraine
House	Lorraine
Father	Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt
Mother	Marie Françoise 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.

Biography[]

Born to Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt and his wife Marie Françoise de Brancas, he was 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 Françoise de Lorraine (1707 – 31 March 1737) married Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne and had issue;
• Marie Élisabeth Sofie de Lorraine (1710 – 2 August 1740) married Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis and had issue;
• (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.

References and notes[]

Sources[]

• Georges Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, 1991