Louis of Lorraine (13 February 1692 – 9 September 1743) was a member of a cadet branch of the

House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine (german: link=no, Haus Lothringen) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Fran ...

, the

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and known as the ''Prince de Lambesc''.

Early life

The older of two children born to the Prince Henri de Lorraine, Count of Brionne and his wife, Marie Madeleine d'Epinay (1665-1714). He had a younger sister, Marie Louise (1693–1724) who died unmarried.

Biography

As an infant, he was immortalised by the artist

François de Troy François de Troy ( 28 February 1645 – 1 May 1730) was a French painter and engraver who became principal painter to King James II in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture. Early li ...

who painted him with his mother in circa 1697. He fought alongside his uncle the

Count of Armagnac The following is a list of rulers of the county of Armagnac: House of Armagnac *William Count of Fézensac and Armagnac ?– 960 * Bernard the Suspicious, First count privative of Armagnac 960– ? * Gerald I Trancaléon ? –1020 * Bernard ...

at the

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in 1709 and was captured by

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. He was later created the Governor of

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in 1712 and in 1719, he was made a Brigadier of the King's armies. He died in 1743 being outlived by his wife by seven years.

Marriage and issue

He married Jeanne Henriette Marguerite de Durfort, grand daughter of Jacques Henri de Durfort on 22 May 1709. The couple had six children, two of which would have issue: *Jeanne Louise of Lorraine (4 December 1711 – 2 October 1772) never married; *Louise de Lorraine (21 July 1724 – 6 January 1747) married Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, had no issue; *''Henriette Julienne'' Gabrielle of Lorraine (3 October 1722 – 24 March 1761) married

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and had issue;Don Jayme was the grandson of

Louis, Count of Armagnac Louis of Lorraine (7 December 1641 – 13 June 1718) was the Count of Armagnac from his father's death in 1666. The ''Grand Squire of France'', he was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise, itself a cadet branch of the sovereign House ...

via his daughter Marguerite * Louis of Lorraine, Prince of Brionne (10 September 1725 – 28 June 1761) married three times; first to Louise Charlotte de Gramont, daughter of the

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, had no issue; married Auguste de Coëtquen, no issue; lastly married Louise Julie Constance de Rohan and had issue; *Camille of Lorraine (31 December 1726 – 21 August 1788) never married; *Henriette Agathe of Lorraine (13 July 1731 – 30 November 1756) never married.

Ancestry

References and notes

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