Joseph de Lorraine (Anne Marie Joseph; 30 April 1679 – 29 April 1739) was a member of the

House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine (german: link=no, Haus Lothringen) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Fran ...

and

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. He was styled ''prince de Guise'' before becoming Count of Harcourt.

Biography

Born to

Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt Alphonse Henri de Lorraine (Alphonse Henri Charles; 14 August 1648 – 19 October 1718) was a member of the House of Lorraine and Count of Harcourt. Biography Born to François Louis, Count of Harcourt and his wife, Anne d'Ornano, he was the cou ...

and his wife Marie Françoise de Brancas, he was second of three children. He married Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille 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

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through his eldest grand child

Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne (Marie Sophie Charlotte; 20 December 1729, Paris – 6 September 1763), was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Married into the House of Beauvau, a powerful family originat ...

, ''princesse de Beauvau'', wife of

Charles Juste de Beauvau Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon (10 September 1720 – 21 May 1793), 2nd Prince of Craon (1754), Marshal of France (1783) was a French scholar, nobleman and general. The son of Marc de Beauvau, he was also brother of the famous Madame ...

Issue

Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine (1707 – 31 March 1737) was a French noblewoman and member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. She was the last wife of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730) ...

(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; * Louis de Lorraine (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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph Of Harcourt 1679 births 1739 deaths House of Guise House of Lorraine Counts of Harcourt 17th-century French people 18th-century French people