The Viscounty of

Joyeuse Joyeuse (; fro, Joiuse; meaning "joyous, joyful") was, in medieval legend, the sword wielded by Charlemagne as his personal weapon. A sword identified as Joyeuse was used in French royal coronation ceremonies since the 13th century, and is now ...

was elevated to a

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in 1581 by King

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for his favourite

Anne de Joyeuse Anne de Batarnay de Joyeuse, Baron d'Arques, Vicomte then Duke of Joyeuse (1560 – 20 October 1587) was a royal favourite and active participant in the French Wars of Religion. An intimate friend of Henry III of France, he was keeper of the kin ...

House of Joyeuse

Chateauneuf-Randon de Joyeuse Saint-Didier

*1581-1587 :

(1560 † 1587), son of Guillaume de Joyeuse and Marie de Batarnay. *1587-1592 : Antoine Scipion de Joyeuse (1565 † 1592), brother of the above. *1592-1608 :

Henri de Joyeuse Henri, Duc de Joyeuse (Toulouse, 21 September 1563 – Rivoli, 28 September 1608) was a General in the French Wars of Religion and a member of the Catholic League, who became ordained as a Capuchin after the death of his wife, Catherine de La Va ...

(1563 † 1608), brother of the above. *1608-1615 : cardinal

François de Joyeuse François de Joyeuse (24 June 1562 – 23 August 1615) was a French churchman and politician. Biography Born at Carcassonne, François de Joyeuse was the second son of Guillaume de Joyeuse and Marie Eléanor de Batarnay. As the younger son of a ...

(1562 † 1615), archbishop of Toulouse and Rouen, brother of the above. *1615-1647 : Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse (1585 † 1656), daughter of the above. Henriette Catherine married twice: first to the vastly wealthy Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier; then to Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Guise. From her first marriage, she was the maternal grandmother of ''la Grande Mademoiselle''. In 1647, Henriette Catherine gave the duchy to her son Louis de Lorraine.

House of Guise

*1647-1654 : Louis de Lorraine (1622 † 1654), son of Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse. ::married Marie Françoise de Valois, '' duchesse d'Angoulême'', daughter of Louis Emmanuel, Duke of Angoulême, who succeeded her father in 1653. *1654-1671 : Louis Joseph de Lorraine (1650 † 1671), Duke of Guise and Joyeuse, son of the above. ::married Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, first cousin of

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. *1671-1675 : Francis Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Joyesue, son of the above. *1675-1688 : Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise, Princess of Joinville, daughter of

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and Henriette Catherine of Joyeuse. Without any heirs, Marie ceded the duchy of Joyeuse to her 3rd cousin once removed Charles François de Lorraine in 1688.

Branch of Elbeuf

*1688-1690 : Charles François de Lorraine (1661 † 1702), Prince of Commercy, grandson of Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf and nephew of the previous. ::1690-1693 : ''Louis XIV confiscated the duchy after Charles François entered into the service of

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. It was given to Charles François' brother Jean Paul.'' *1693-1693 : Jean Paul de Lorraine (1672 † 1693), Prince of Lillebonne, brother of the above, died without issue. *1693-1694 :

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(1624 † 1694), Prince of Lillebonne, Duke of Joyeuse, father of the above and youngest son of Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf. *1694-1714 : Anne de Lorraine (1639 † 1720), wife of the above, daughter of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. The duchy was transmitted to the grandson of François Marie and Anne,

Louis de Melun Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

, who was created Duke of Joyesue in 1714.

House of Melun

*1714-1724 :

, Prince of Epinoy, Baron of Antoing then Duke of Joyeuse. Son of Louis de Melun and

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. Élisabeth Thérèse, Princess of Epinoy, was the daughter of the previous duke and duchess of Joyeuse. ::He married Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne and had no issue; married

Marie Anne de Bourbon Marie Anne de Bourbon, ''Légitimée de France','' born Marie Anne de La Blaume Le Blanc, by her marriage Princess of Conti then Princess Dowager of Conti, ''suo jure'' Duchess of La Vallière and of Vaujours (2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) ...

secretly and had no issue. ::At his death, the title passed to his nephew Charles de Rohan (1715 † 1787), son of Jules de Rohan, prince de Soubise and Anne Julie de Melun, sister of Louis.

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Duchesses of Joyeuse