Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf

Charles
Duke of Elbeuf
Spouse	Catherine Henriette de Bourbon
Detail Issue
Charles, Duke of Elbeuf François Louis, Count of Harcourt François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne
Full name
Charles de Lorraine
House	House of Lorraine
Father	Charles de Lorraine
Mother	Marguerite de Chabot
Born	5 November 1596(1596-11-05) Paris, France
Died	5 November 1657(1657-11-05) (aged 61) Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France

Charles de Lorraine (5 November 1596 – 5 November 1657) was a French nobleman, the son of Charles I of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf by his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeeded his father in the Elbeuf dukedom (Elboeuf is an alternate, anglicized spelling) in 1605.

Biography

He joined the French royal court in 1607, becoming a playmate to the future King Louis XIII. When the latter reached majority, Charles was appointed Grand Chamberlain of France. He was a loyal servant to the King, of assistance in conflicts with Marie de' Medici, Cardinal Richelieu, and the Huguenots. The Duke of Longueville, governor of Normandy, and loyal to Queen Marie, led a revolt against the king and established camps at Orival, near Elbeuf. The king and Richelieu were the main targets of the revolt, and Charles was appointed governor of Normandy. He took part in the siege of Rochelle, but was wounded at Saint-Jean-d'Angély. He was given the additional post of governor of Picardie.

He died at Paris in 1657.

Marriage and children

On 20 June 1619 he married Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, called Mademoiselle de Vendôme,² an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France by Gabrielle d'Estrées. They had six children:

• Charles de Lorraine (1620–4 May, 1692), Duke of Elbeuf; had issue by -

(1) Anne Elisabeth de Lannoy (1626–1654);

(2) Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne (11 May, 1635–23 October, 1680);

(3) Françoise de Montault de Navailles (?–11 June, 1717);

(4) children by an unknown mistress

• Henri de Lorraine (1622–3 April, 1648) never married; Abbe of Hombieres
• François Louis de Lorraine (1623–27 June, 1694) Count of Harcourt, married Anne d'Ornano and had issue;
• François Marie de Lorraine (4 April, 1624–19 January, 1694) Prince of Lillebonne; married;

(1) Christine d'Estrées (no issue)

(2) Anne de Lorraine, had issue; were the parents of Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont and great grandparents of Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise; they were also the ancestors of the murdered duc d'Enghien

• Catherine de Lorraine (1626–1645)
• Marie Marguerite de Lorraine (1629–7 August, 1679) Mademoiselle d'Elboeuf, never married.

Footnotes

Most of the initial information here was translated directly from the French Wikipedia pages.

References and notes

• The Peerage

Persondata
Name	Charles Ii, Duke Of Elbeuf
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	5 November 1596
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	5 November 1657
Place of death	Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France