Count of Harcourt
Joseph de Lorraine (Anne Marie Joseph; 30 April 1679 – 29 April 1739) was a member of an ancient House of Lorraine and Count of Harcourt. He was styled Prince de Guise before becoming Count of Harcourt.
Early life
By birth, member of the junior branch of an old and influential noble family, he was born as the eldest son Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt and his wife, Marie Françoise de Brancas, member of an equally old House of Brancas.
Marriage and issue
On 2 July 1705, he married Marie Louise Chrétienne Jeannin de Castille (d. 1735), daughter of Gaspard Jeannin de Castille. The couple had four children, three of which survived infancy and two had further issue:
His female line descendants are the Dukes of Noailles through his eldest grand child Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne, Princesse de Beauvau, wife of Charles Juste de Beauvau.
Death
He died on 29 April 1739, aged 59.
References and notes
Sources
- Georges Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, 1991
