Charles de Lorraine (
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, 18 October 1556 –
Moulins, 4 August 1605) was a French duke and nobleman. He was
marquis of Elbeuf from 1566 to 1582, then
duke of Elbeuf
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from 1582 to 1605 and
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from 1566 to 1582, lord of Rieux, baron of Ancenis and
peer of France
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.
Life
Charles was the son of
René de Lorraine, marquis of Elbeuf and count of Harcourt, and his wife Louise de Rieux. He was of a moderate attitude toward Protestantism, and during the 1570s hired Norman Huguenot servants from the families of Fouilleuse and Sarcilly. Charles was made a knight of the
Ordre du Saint-Esprit on 1 December 1581. He was arrested the day after the assassination of
duke of Guise
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Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into a county for René, a younger son of Louis II of Anjou.
While disputed by the House of Luxembourg (1 ...
. On his release Charles joined the
Catholic League, becoming its leader in 1585, and fought against
Henry of Navarre
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. He did not make peace with Henry until 1594, when he received the governorship of Poitou from him and from then on became his faithful servant.
Marriage and issue
On 5 February 1583 he married Marguerite de Chabot (1565 †1652), daughter of Léonor Chabot, count of Charny, and of Françoise de Longwy. Their children were :
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Charles II (1596 †1657), Duke of Elbeuf
* Claude Éléonore of Lorraine (1598 †1654) known as ''Mademoiselle d'Elbeuf'' prior to her marriage with Louis Gouffier (†1642), Duke of Roannais in 1650. The couple had no children.
* Henriette of Lorraine (1599 †1669), Abbess of Soissons
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Henri of Lorraine (1601 †1666), Count of Harcourt, of Armagnac and of Brionne
* Françoise of Lorraine (1602 †1626) never married;
* Catherine of Lorraine (1605 †1611) died in infancy.
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1556 births
1605 deaths
House of Harcourt
Dukes of Elbeuf
Marquesses of Elbeuf
Counts of Armagnac
Princes of Lorraine
French people of Lorrainian descent
16th-century peers of France
17th-century peers of France