Jean VII d'Harcourt (1369-18 December 1452,

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) was a French nobleman. He was Count of Harcourt, Count of Aumale, Viscount of Châtellerault, and

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of Mézières, of Elbeuf, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye etc. He was the son of

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, Count of Harcourt, and of Catherine de Bourbon, sister-in-law of King Charles V of France. On 17 March 1390, he married

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(29 March 1373 – 1417), princess of the blood, daughter of Pierre II, Count of Alençon and of Marie Chamaillart d'Anthenaise, Viscountess of Beaumont, and they had three children: *

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, Count of Aumale, lieutenant and captain general of Normandy, killed at the

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. * Marie of Harcourt (1398–1476), wife of Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont, who is the origin of the Harcourt-Lorraine branch. * Jeanne of Harcourt (1399–1456) He participated in the siege of Taillebourg, where he was made a knight by his uncle

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, and at the siege of

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and Harfleur. He distinguished himself at the

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(1415), where he was taken prisoner. In 1418, his

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at Harcourt was taken by the English. His titles of Count of Aumale and Count of Harcourt were usurped and given to Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter. His cousin, King Charles VI, therefore supported him and named him captain general of Normandy, and gave him a gift of 1000 books. On his death in 1452, he was buried at the

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convent at Châtellerault, which he had founded. With him, the oldest branch of Harcourt became extinct.

References

* Gilles-André de La Roque, ''Histoire généalogique de la maison de Harcourt'', 1662 * Dom Lenoir, ''Preuves généalogiques et historiques de la Maison d'Harcourt'', 1907 * Georges Martin, ''Histoire et Généalogie de la Maison d'Harcourt'', 1994 * ''Dictionnaire de biographie française'', 1989 {{DEFAULTSORT:John 07 of Harcourt Counts of Aumale People of the Hundred Years' War House of Harcourt 1369 births 1452 deaths