François Vincent Marc de Beauvau, Prince de Beauvau-Craon (2 April 1676 - 10 March 1754), was a Lorrainese nobleman and

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History

Born in Nancy, the capital of the

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, he was the son of Louis, Marquis de Beauvau (1638–1703) and his second wife, Anne de Ligny. On 16 December 1704 he married Anne Marguerite de Lignéville (1686–1772) at

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. They had eight sons and 12 daughters. His wife Anne Marguerite was the mistress of his sovereign,

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. His sister, Catharine Diana de Beauveau, married the Irish Jacobite exile Owen O'Rourke.The Case of Count O'Rourke, Presented to His Majesty, in June, 1784, Etc, page 9
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He was governor of the ''regency council'' of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany for Grand Duke Francesco, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, who had been declared successor of the last

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ruler in the Treaty of Vienna. He administrated for this prince from 1737 to 1754, with the title of

Titles

Having inherited the marquisate of Beauvau in Lorraine, he was created marquis de Craon on 21 August 1712 by

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. On 13 November 1722 he became an honorary

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under the title "Prince von Beauvau-Craon". On 8 May 1727 he was made a

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of the first class by

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, his son, Charles Juste, being admitted to the '' Honneurs de la Cour'' in

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with the princely title in 1755.

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. ''Beauvau-Craon''.

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, Gotha, 1944), pp. 373, (French).

Issue

The eight sons and 12 daughters are: #Élisabeth Charlotte de Beauvau (1705–1754), married Charles Ferdinand François de La Baume, Marquis de Saint-Martin, no issue. #Anne Marguerite Gabrielle de Beauvau (1707–1790), married Jacques Henri of Lorraine, Prince de Mortagne(-sur-Gironde), no issue ; married Gaston Pierre Charles de Lévis, Duke de Mirepoix, no issue. #Gabrielle Françoise de Beauvau (1708–1758), married Gabriel Alexandre d'Alsace de Henin-Liétard,

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, no issue. #Marie Philippe Tècle de Beauvau (1709–1748), Canoness of

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. #Nicolas Simon Jude de Beauvau (1710–1734), Abbé de Craon, never married. #

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(1711–1787), married Louis François de Boufflers, Marquis d'Amestranges, no issue. #François Vincent Marc de Beauvau (1713–1742), '' Primat de Lorraine'', never married. #Léopold Clément de Beauvau (1714–1723), knight of the

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. #Marie Louise Eugénie de Beauvau (1715–1734), Abbesss of Epinal. #Henriette Augustine de Beauvau (1716-?), nun in the

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. #Charlotte Nicole de Beauvau (1717–1787), married Léopold Clément de Bassompierre, no issue. #Anne Marguerite de Beauvau (1719-?), nun in Paris. # Charles Juste de Beauvau (1720–1793), married Marie Sophie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne daughter of Emmanuel Theodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, sovereign

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and

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and had issue; married Marie-Charlotte-Sylvie de Rohan, no issue. #Elisabeth de Beauvau (1722-?), Canoness in Poussy, then a nun in Paris. #Ferdinand Jerôme de Beauvau, Marquis de Haroué (1723–1790), married Louise Etienne Desmier d'Archiac and had issue. #Gabrielle Charlotte de Beauvau (1724–1790), Canoness in Remiremont, nun in Juvigny, last abbess of

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in Paris. #Alexandre Louis de Beauvau, Marquis de Craon (1725–1745), died at the Battle of Fontenoy. #Béatrix Alexis de Beauvau (1727–1730). #Hilarion François Louis de Beauvau (b. and d. 1728). #Antoine de Beauvau (1730–1736).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauvau, Marc Princes of Beauvau-Craon French politicians Regents of Tuscany Viceroys of Tuscany 1676 births 1754 deaths

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