Jean VIII of Harcourt (9 April 1396 – 17 August 1424,

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) was a

count of Aumale The County of Aumale, later elevated to a duchy, was a medieval fief in Normandy. It was disputed between England and France during parts of the Hundred Years' War. Aumale in Norman nobility Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy and ...

. He was the son of

John VII of Harcourt Jean VII d'Harcourt (1369-18 December 1452, Châtellerault) was a French nobleman. He was Count of Harcourt, Count of Aumale, Viscount of Châtellerault, and Lord, Seigneur of Mézières, of Elbeuf, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye etc. He was the ...

, count of Harcourt, and of

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, a "princess of the blood".

Life

He fought the English at the

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and

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. He was appointed lieutenant and captain general of Normandy, and captain of the town of castle of

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, in 1417. He was killed at the

, and buried at la Saussaie in 1424. He had one, illegitimate son (by Marguerite de Preullay,

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ess of

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), Louis II of Harcourt (1424–1479),

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(1451),

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(1451),

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(1460) and

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(1460–79). Without a legitimate heir, his office of captain of Mont Saint-Michel passed to his cousin Jean d'Orléans, comte de Dunois (companion of

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, and husband of Marie of Harcourt), and his title of count of Aumale to his brother-in-law

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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 08 of Harcourt 1396 births 1424 deaths Counts of Aumale House of Harcourt People of the Hundred Years' War 15th-century military history of France