Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine
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| Princess of Epinoy | |||||
Élisabeth Thérèse after Etienne Achille Demahis
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| Born |
May 4, 1664 France |
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| Died | 7 March 1748 (aged 83) Hôtel de Mayenne, Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Louis de Melun, prince of Epinoy | ||||
| Issue Detail |
Louis, Duke of Joyeuse Anne Julie, Princess of Soubise |
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| House | House of Lorraine | ||||
| Father | François Marie de Lorraine | ||||
| Mother | Anne of Lorraine | ||||
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| Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine |
Élisabeth of Lorraine (Élisabeth Thérèse; 5 April 1664 – 7 March 1748) was a French noblewoman and the Princess of Epinoy by marriage. She is often styled as the princesse de Lillebonne. She was the mother of Louis de Melun, Duke of Joyeuse who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1724 and of Anne Julie de Melun, princesse de Soubise.
A member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise, her father was the youngest son of Charles II de Lorrain, Duke of Elbeuf and Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, a natural daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. Her mother, Anne, was her father's distant cousin and was the only daughter of Charles IV of Lorraine and his secret wife Béatrice de Cusance.
The fifth of her parents' nine children, she was the only one of her siblings to marry or have children. She was styled Mademoiselle de Commercy at the French royal court, the princedom of Commercy being a subsidiary domain of the House of Lorraine.
On 7 October 1691, Mademoiselle de Commercy married Louis de Melun, Prince of Epinoy and Duke of Joyeuse, who was nine years younger than his bride). The couple had two children, one son born in 1694 and a daughter born in 1698. Only the latter would have issue.
Élisabeth Thérèse was the Duchess of Luxembourg-Saint-Pôl in her own right. She bought the duchy from Marie d'Orléans
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