John of Lorraine-Vaudémont (died 1473) was a younger son of
Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and
Marie of Harcourt. He was
Count of Harcourt and
Count of Aumale, as well as
Baron of Elbeuf.
His mother was the eldest daughter of
John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt and Aumale. Her brother,
John VIII of Harcourt
Jean VIII of Harcourt (9 April 1396 – 17 August 1424, Battle of Verneuil) was a count of Aumale. He was the son of John VII of Harcourt, count of Harcourt, and of Marie of Alençon, a "princess of the blood".
Life
He fought the English at the B ...
, her father's heir, died in 1424. In anticipation of this, she assigned to John the County of
Harcourt Harcourt may refer to:
People
*Harcourt (surname)
* Harcourt (given name)
Places
Canada
*Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick
* Harcourt, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community
* Harcourt, Ontario, a village
*Harcourt, Newfoundland and Labrad ...
in 1448. In 1449, at the breakdown of the
Truce of Tours, he was sent as an ambassador to
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, by King
Charles VII of France
Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (french: le Victorieux) or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461.
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, Charles VII inherited the throne of F ...
.
In 1452, his maternal grandfather died. John attempted to secure the whole inheritance for himself and his mother. After his father, he was Count of Harcourt and Count of Aumale (as "John VI"). While briefly effective, by 1454, his mother's younger sister had gained control of the County of
Aumale.
He was appointed captain of
Angers in 1469, and later
seneschal
The word ''seneschal'' () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ...
and governor of
Anjou. He died in 1473, unmarried, and was succeeded by his nephew,
René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II (2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480& ...
.
References
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1473 deaths
Barons of Elbeuf
Year of birth unknown