François Louis de Lorraine (1623 – 27 June 1694) was a member of the House of Lorraine. He was Count of Harcourt. He was also the Count of Rieux, Rochefort and Montlaur. He was also Marquis of Maubec as well as the Baron of Aubenas.
He married Anne d'Ornano, comtesse de Montlaur and marquise de Maubec in her own right. The couple were married at the Palais-Royal, Paris in July 1645. Their eldest son, François, had been born before the marriage but he was recognised as legitimate in 1694. The couple had six children in all, two of which would have progeny. His eldest daughter Marie Angélique married the Portuguese Duke of Cadaval and died in childbirth. His other daughter Marie Anne was the Abbess of Montmartre from 1685 till her death. He was succeeded as Count of Harcourt by his second son, Alphonse Henri.
François Louis died in January 1694, aged 69 his wife outliving him by a year.
Issue
François de Lorraine, Batard d'Harcourt (c.1645–c.1694) never married;
^Marie Angélique married the Duke of Cadaval by proxy on 7 February 1671; she died in childbirth in 1674 giving birth to a son who died the same day. The widower Duke then married her distant cousin Marguerite de Lorraine, daughter of the Count of Armagnac
Sources
Georges Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, 1991
February 19, 2023
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