Henri, Count of Brionne
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| Count of Brionne | |||||
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Anonymous engraving of Brionne
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| Born | 15 November 1661 | ||||
| Died | 3 April 1713 (aged 51) Versailles, France |
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| Spouse | Marie Madeline d'Epinay | ||||
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Louis, Prince of Lambesc Mademoiselle de Brionne |
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| House | House of Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Louis de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac | ||||
| Mother | Catherine de Neufville | ||||
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| Henri de Lorraine |
Henri de Lorraine (15 November 1661 – 3 April 1713) was the Count de Brionne. He was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise and the Grand Squire of France.
Born to Louis de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac, and his wife Catherine de Neufville, he was the couple's first child.
His father Louis, was the Grand Squire of France, one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of Master of the Horse and the Crown Equerry.
At Louis' death, the post, as well as style of Monsieur le Grand was taken by Henri's youngest brother, Charles of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac (at Charles' death, it was given to Henri's son, the Prince of Lambesc).
Henri's mother was Catherine de Neufville, youngest child of the Maréchal de Villeroy, governor of the young Louis XIV. Henri's first cousin was François de Neufville, Duke de Villeroy and the future governor of Louis XV.
On 23 December 1689, Henri married Marie Madeleine d'Épinay and had two children, the future Prince of Lambesc and a daughter styled Mademoiselle de Brionne. Only the former married. His great-granddaughter Joséphine of Lorraine, "Princess of Carignan" was the grand mother of King Charles Albert of Sardinia thus an ancestor of the present House of Savoy and thus the pretender to the modern Italian throne.
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