Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf
| Emmanuel Maurice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Elbeuf | |||||
| Born |
30 December 1677 Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France |
||||
| Died | 17 July 1763 (aged 85) France |
||||
| Spouse | Marie Therese de Stramboni Innocentia Catherine du Plessis |
||||
|
|||||
| House | House of Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Charles de Lorraine | ||||
| Mother | Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne | ||||
| Full name | |
|---|---|
| Emmanuel Maurice de Lorraine |
Emmanuel Maurice de Lorraine (Emmanuel Maurice; 30 December 1677 – 17 July 1763) was Duke of Elbeuf and Prince of Lorraine. He succeeded his older brother Henri de Lorraine (1661–1748) as duke. He died without any surviving issue.
Emmanuel Maurice was born the youngest son of Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf and his second wife, Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne, daughter of the Duke of Boillon, member of the illustrious House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was a niece of the vicomte de Turenne.
A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise, he was a Prince of Lorraine as a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine.
His sister in law was Charlotte de Rochechouart de Mortemart, a daughter of Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart and a niece of Madame de Montespan. His half sister Suzanne Henriette was later the Duchess of Mantua.
In 1706, he served under Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor at Naples as lieutenant general of the Cavalry. As a result, Louis XIV deserted him.
Living in Naples, he commissioned the Neapolitan architect Ferdinando Sanfelice to construct him a private residence on the outskirts of the city in Portici in 1711. The property was called the villa d’Elbeuf. From 1711 until 1716 he lived at the villa. This villa was seen by Charles, King of Naples and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony in 1738 and the couple were so impressed that the couple ordered the construction of the Reggia di Portici which still stands today.
...
Wikipedia