Charles de Lorraine, Count of Marsan
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| Born | 8 April 1648 | ||||
| Died | 13 November 1708 (aged 60) Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Catherine de Goyon de Matignon | ||||
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Charles Louis, Count of Marsan Jacques Henri, Chevalier de Lorraine |
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| Father | Henri de Lorraine | ||||
| Mother | Marguerite Philippe du Cambout | ||||
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Charles de Lorraine (8 April 1648 – 13 November 1708) was the Count of Marsan. He was the youngest son of the Count of Harcourt and brother of the Chevalier de Lorraine.
Charles was the youngest son of Henri de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt and Marguerite Philippe du Cambout. As a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, he was a Foreign Prince at the Court of France. The youngest son, he was given an appanage in the form of the County of Marsan at birth. At his death, it was given to his eldest son Charles Louis. The latter was also known as the Prince of Pons.
The youngest of six children, five sons and one daughter, his siblings included Louis, Count of Armagnac, Grand Squire of France and the bisexual Chevalier de Lorraine, lover of both the Duke and his wife the Duchess of Orléans. His other brothers were Abbots of Royaumont (Alfonse Louis) and Faron de Meaux (Raimond Bérenger).
Madame de Sévigné referred to him as le petit Marsan.
At the age of 35, he married "Catherine" Thérèse de Goyon de Matignon a daughter of Henri Goyon and Marie Françoise Le Tellier, herself a sister of François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois. She was an aunt of Jacques I, Prince of Monaco. Madame de Sévigné noted that he married Catherine for the fortune she had been left by her later husband.
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