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Charles III of Elbeuf

Charles III
Duke of Elbeuf
Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf.jpg
Born 1620
Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France
Died May 4, 1692(1692-05-04) (aged 71–72)
Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France
Spouse Anne Élisabeth de Lannoy
Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne
Françoise de Montault de Navailles
Issue
Detail
Anne Élisabeth, Princess of Vaudémont
Henri, Duke of Elbeuf
Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf
Suzanne Henriette, Duchess of Mantua
Louise Anne, Princess of Navailles
House House of Lorraine
Father Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf
Mother Catherine Henriette de Bourbon

Charles III (1620–4 May 1692) was the third Duke of Elbeuf and member of the House of Lorraine. He succeeded his father Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, to the Duchy-Peerage of Elbeuf. His mother was an illegitimate daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was also a Peer of France as well as titular Duke of Guise, Count of Harcourt, Lillebonne and Rieux.

Born at the Hôtel d'Elboeuf in Paris, he was the eldest son of Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, and his wife Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, legitimised daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées.

A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise, he was a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine.

His paternal first cousins included the Chevalier de Lorraine (lover of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans), Count of Armagnac; his maternal cousins included Louis XIV of France and the above mentioned Duke of Orléans.

He was known as the Count of Harcourt-Elbeuf while his father was alive; from circa 1650, he styled himself as the prince d'Harcourt, the county of Harcourt being one of the subsidiary titles of his father. He served in Italy (1641) and Picardy (1642) under the command of his uncle Henri, Count of Harcourt. Charles took great part in the Thirty Years' War; he was with le Grand Condé (then the Duke of Enghien) at the famous victory at Rocroi in 1643. He was also a part of battles at Thionville and Sierck, as well as the siege of Gravelines (1644); he latter fought in the Battle of Nördlingen (1645) as well as at Trier.


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