Louis of Lorraine (Louis Charles; 10 September 1725 – 28 June 1761) was a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the

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. He married three times and through his daughter, is an ancestor of the present

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. He was the

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and Governor of Anjou.

Early life

He was born as the fourth child and the first son of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc and his wife, Jeanne Henriette Marguerite de Durfort (1691-1750), granddaughter of Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duke of Duras.

Military career

In 1752 he was created the

, a post which had been occupied by his distant cousin Charles de Lorraine. The post was one of the

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and a member of the King's Household. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of

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and the

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made him a Brigadier of the King's Armies in April 1745 and a knight of the

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, the most prestigious knighthoods in France (21 May 1752).

Marriages and issue

On 31 January 1740 he married firstly Louise Charlotte de Gramont, Mademoiselle de Guiche (1725-1742), daughter of Antoine V de Gramont, Duke of Guiche and Marie Christine de Noailles (1672-1748). They didn't have children. On 29 December 1744 he married for the second time. The bride was Auguste de Coëtquen (1722-1746), his first wife's cousin, daughter of Jules Malo de Coëtquen, Marquis de Coëtquen, Count de Comburg (1698-1727) and his wife, Marie Charlotte Élisabeth de Nicolaÿ (1715-1784). They didn't have children. On 3 October 1748 he married his third wife, Princess Louise Julie Constance of Rohan (1734–1815), daughter of the Prince of Rochefort.Baptised '' Louise Julie Constance de Rohan'' They had: * Charles Eugène of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Duke of Elbeuf (25 September 1751 – 11 November 1825) married two times, no issue; * Joséphine of Lorraine (26 August 1753 – 8 February 1797), married Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano * Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Brionne (11 November 1755 – 22 May 1786) never married; reigning Princess-Abbess of Remiremont * Joseph Louis, Prince of Lorraine-Vaudémont (23 June 1759 – 29 March 1812); married Louise Auguste Elisabeth Marie Colette de Montmorency-Logny (1763–1832). They had no children.

Ancestry

References and notes

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