Charles de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac

Charles
Count of Armagnac
Born	(1684-02-22)22 February 1684
Died	29 December 1751(1751-12-29) (aged 67) Paris, France
Burial	Couvent des Capucines
Spouse	Françoise Adélaide de Noailles
Names Charles de Lorraine
House	Lorraine
Father	Louis de Lorraine
Mother	Catherine de Neufville

Charles de Lorraine (22 February 1684 – 29 December 1751) was a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. Succeeding his father as the Count of Armagnac, he also succeeded as Count of Brionne as well as the Grand Squire of France.

Biography

Born to Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac, and his wife Catherine de Neufville-Villeroy (1639-1707), he was the couple's last child.

His father Louis, was the Grand Squire of France, one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France and a member of the King's Household. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of Master of the Horse and the Crown Equerry. This entitled his father to be addressed as Monsieur le Grand, a style which Charles would later use, after succeeding his father in his posts (at Charles' death, it was given to Louis' grandson, the Prince de Lambesc).

Charles' mother was Catherine de Neufville, youngest child of Nicolas de Neufville, Maréchal de Villeroy, governor of the young Louis XIV. Charles' uncle was the next Duke of Villeroy and the future governor of Louis XV.

His sister, Marie was the mother of Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, the only Princess of Monaco to reign in her own right. His older brother Henri, Count of Brionne was expected to succeed to the Armagnac titles but died in 1713, five years before his father.

On 22 May 1717 during the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans (1715–1723)^[1] Charles married Françoise Adélaide de Noailles, the eldest daughter of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Duke de Noailles and his wife Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, the niece and heiress of Madame de Maintenon. The couple had no issue, and divorced in 1721. He died in Paris aged 67.

With his death in 1745,^{[citation needed]} the County of Armagnac reverted to the French king, who had only first given it away to the Guise-Lorrain family in 1645.^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac

16. René de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf 8. Charles de Lorraine, Duke d'Elbeuf 17. Louise de Rieux 4. Henri de Lorraine, Count d'Harcourt 18. Léonor Chabot, Count de Charny 9. Marguerite de Chabot 19. Françoise de Longwy-Rye 2. Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac 20. François du Cambout, seigneur de Cambout 10. Charles du Cambout, Marquis de Coislin 21. Louise du Plessis de Richelieu 5. Marguerite Philippe du Cambout 22. Charles de Beurges, seigneur de Seury 11. Philippe de Beurges 23. Jeanne Lescoët, dame de Mogulaye 1. Charles de Lorraine 24. Nicolas IV de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy 12. Charles de Neufville, Marquis de Villeroy 25. Madeleine de L'Aubespine 6. Nicolas de Neufville, Duke de Villeroy 26. Nicolas de Harlay, Baron de Maule 13. Jacqueline de Harlay de Sancy 27. Marie Moreau, dame de Grosbois 3. Catherine de Neufville 28. Antoine de Blanchefort de Créquy, seigneur de Saint-Janvrin 14. Charles de Blanchefort, Duke de Créquy, Prince de Poix 29. Chrétienne d'Aguerre 7. Marie de Créquy, dame de Mions 30. François de Bonne, 1st Duke de Lesdiguières 15. Madeleine de Bonne de Lesdiguières 31. Claudine de Berenger

Notes

1. Philippe d'Orléans was the Regent of France for the Infant Louis XV who had become King at the age of 5 in 1715