François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne

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François Marie
Prince of Lillebonne
Born (1624-04-04)4 April 1624[1]
Hôtel d'Elbeuf, Paris, France[1]
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Paris, France
Spouse Christine d'Estrées
Anne de Lorraine
Issue
Detail		 Charles, Prince of Commercy
Béatrice Hiéronyme, Abbess of Remiremont
Élisabeth Thérèse, Princess of Epinoy
Full name
François Marie de Lorraine
House House of Lorraine
Father Charles de Lorraine
Mother Catherine Henriette de Bourbon

François Marie de Lorraine (4 Apr 1624–19 January 1694) was a French nobleman and member of the House of Lorraine. He was known as the prince de Lillebonne. He was also the Duke of Joyeuse.

Biography

François Marie was born to Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf, and his wife Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, legitimised daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was the couple's fourth and youngest son. In his youth, he was styled as the Count of Lillebonne, later styling himself as Prince. He was only sold the County of Lillebonne in 1692 by his nephew Henri, Duke of Elbeuf, who had recently lost his father Charles de Lorraine.

A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise,[2] he was a Prince of Lorraine as a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine. At court, he, like members of his Lorraine family, held the rank of Foreign Prince, a rank which was below that of the immediate Royal Family and Princes of the Blood.

His paternal first cousins included the Chevalier de Lorraine (lover of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans) and the Count of Armagnac; his maternal cousins included Louis XIV of France and the above-mentioned Duke of Orléans.

He was a captain of cavalry in a regiment of Cardinal Mazarin. He served in the Thirty Years War taking part in the Siege of Lleida in 1644 and, the following year in the Battle of Nördlingen in which he was injured (his brother Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf, also served in this battle). A good military man, he later fought against Spain prior to the marriage between Louis XIV and Maria Teresa of Austria, which cemented peace between the two nations.

He married twice, first on 3 September 1658[1] to Christine d'Estrées, daughter of François Annibal d'Estrées. The couple had no issue. Christine died in December 1658[1] having had no children. He married again on 7 October 1660,[1] this time his cousin Anne de Lorraine, daughter of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. As a wedding gift, the Duke of Lorraine gave his daughter the Hôtel de Beauvau later renamed the Hôtel de Lillebonne, in (Nancy). They were married at the Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Montmartre.

File:Drawing of Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Lillebonne.jpg
Drawing of his daughter Mademoiselle de Lillebonne.

His brother in law was Charles Henri de Lorraine, prince de Vaudémont, son of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, and his secret spouse, Béatrix de Cusance.

His eldest son, the Prince of Commercy, died in battle in 1702; his eldest daughter, Béatrice Hiéronyme, was the Abbess of the prestigious abbey at Remiremont Abbey. His other surviving daughter, Élisabeth,[3] married the Prince of Epinoy; Élisabeth was the mother of Anne Julie Adélaïde de Melun, wife of Charles de Rohan and ancestress of a princesse de Condé princesse de Guéméné and duc d'Enghien, who was executed in the moat of the Château de Vincennes in March 1804.

François Marie de Lorraine died in Paris at the age of sixty-nine, his wife outliving him by twenty-six years.

Issue

  1. Charles François de Lorraine, Prince of Commercy (11 July 1661 – 15 August 1702), never married, died during the Battle of Luzzara in Cremona;
  2. Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Lillebonne, Abbess of Remiremont (1 July 1662 – 9 February 1738), never married, no issue;
  3. Thérèse de Lorraine (12 May 1663 – 17 September 1671) died in childhood;
  4. Marie Françoise de Lorraine (28 May 1666 – 10 May 1669) died in childhood;
  5. Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Commercy (5 April 1664 – 7 March 1748), married Louis de Melun, parents of Louis de Melun, Prince of Epinoy, and Anne Julie de Melun, princesse de Soubise;
  6. Sebastienne de Lorraine (19 April 1667 – 15 August 1669) died in infancy;
  7. Jeanne Françoise de Lorraine (6 September 1668 – 1680) died in childhood;
  8. Henri Louis de Lorraine (26 October 1669 – 17 March 1670) died in infancy;
  9. Jean Paul de Lorraine (10 June 1672 – 29 July 1693) died in the Battle of Landen, no issue.

Ancestry

Family of François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. René de Lorraine, Marquis of Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Antoinette de Bourbon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Claude de Rieux, Count of Harcourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Louise de Rieux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Suzanne de Bourbon-Montpensier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Philippe Chabot, Count of Charny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Léonor Chabot, Count of Charny & of Buzançais
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Françoise de Longwy, Lady of Mirebeau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Marguerite de Chabot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Joachim de Rye de Longwy, Lord of Rye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Françoise de Rye, Dame of Longvy & of Rye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Antoinette de Longvy, Lady of Neufchâtel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. François Marie de Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Françoise d'Alençon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Henry IV of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Henry II of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Jeanne III of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Marguerite de Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Jean d'Estrées, Marquis of Coeuvres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Antoine d'Estrées, Marquis of Coeuvres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Catherine de Bourbon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Gabrielle d'Estrées
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Jean Babou de La Bourdaisière, Count of Sagonne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Françoise Robertet, Lady of Alluyes
 
 
 
 
 
 

References and notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ As the son of René II, Duke of Lorraine, he was given the Duchy of Guise as an appanage which was made a peerage by Francis I of France in 1528.
  3. ↑ She was the Duchess of Luxembourg-Saint-Pôl, the title being inherited by her son Louis de Melun who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1724

Sources

  • Georges Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, 1991
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