Alphonse Henri de Lorraine (Alphonse Henri Charles; 14 August 1648 – 19 October 1718) was a member of the

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and

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Early life

Born to

François Louis, Count of Harcourt François Louis de Lorraine (1623 – 27 June 1694) was a member of the House of Lorraine. He was Count of Harcourt. He was also the Count of Rieux, Rochefort and Montlaur. He was also Marquis of Maubec as well as the Baron of Aubenas. Biography ...

and his wife, Anne d'Ornano,

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de Maubec, Countess de Montlaur (d. 1695), he was the couple's third child. His older brother, François de Lorraine, ''Batard d'Harcourt,'' was illegitimate, having been born before his parents were married. As such, François was not entitled to inherit his father's land and titles. As such, at his father's death in 1694, Alphonshe became the Count of Harcourt having been styled as the ''Prince d'Harcourt''.

Marriage

At the age of eighteen, he married Marie Françoise de Brancas on 21 February 1667 in Paris. The couple had 9 children, of whom only 3 lived to adulthood. Françoise was the eldest of two daughters born to Count Charles de Brancas (1618-1681) and his wife, Susanne Garnier (1630-1685), widow of François de

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d’Isigny en Normandie. Her sister Marie married into the Brancas family.

Issue

*Suzanne de Lorraine, Mademoiselle d'Harcourt (16 October 1668–January 1671) died in infancy; * Anne Marie Joseph de Lorraine, ''Prince de Guise'', Count of Harcourt (30 April 1679 – 29 April 1739) married Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille and had issue; *François Marie de Lorraine, Count of Maubec (10 August 1686 – 1706) died in battle at

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during the

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. *François de Lorraine, Prince of Montlaur (1684-1705) *Anne de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1668-1671) *Marie de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1669-1671) *Anne de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1670-1671) *Anne Marguerite de Lorraine (b. 1675, died young) *Charles de Lorraine (b. 1673, died young)

Death

Alphonse Henri died at the age of 70 during the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans (Regent for the minority of

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). His wife died in 1715.

References and notes

*Georges Poull, ''La maison ducale de Lorraine'', 1991 {{DEFAULTSORT:Henri, Alphonse, Count Of Harcourt 1648 births 1718 deaths House of Guise House of Lorraine Nobility from Paris Counts of Harcourt 17th-century French nobility 18th-century French nobility