Charles de Lorraine was a French duke and nobleman. He was marquis of Elbeuf from 1566 to 1572, then duke of Elbeuf from 1582 to 1605 and count of Harcourt from 1566 to 1582, lord of Rieux, baron of Ancenis and peer of France. His parents were René de Lorraine

René, Marquis of Elbeuf

René of Guise,Marquis d'Elbeuf was the youngest son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon....

, marquis of Elbeuf and count of Harcourt, and his wife Louise de Rieux.

Life

He was made a knight of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit on 1 December 1581, but was arrested the day after the assassination of duke of Guise

Henry I, Duke of Guise

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. On his release he joined the Catholic League

Catholic League (French)

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 and fought against Henry of Navarre

Henry IV of France

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, who was to become king of France. He did not make peace with him until 1594, when he received the governorship of Poitou from him and from then on became his faithful servant.

Marriage and issue

On 5 February 1583 he married Marguerite de Chabot (1565 † 1652), daughter of Léonor Chabot, count of Charny, and of Françoise de Longwy. Their children were :

• Charles de Lorraine
  Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf
  Charles de Lorraine was a French nobleman, the son of Charles I of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf by his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeeded his father in the Elbeuf dukedom in 1605.- Biography :He joined the French royal court in 1607, becoming a playmate to the future King Louis XIII...
  
   (1596 † 1657), Duke of Elbeuf
• Claude Éléonore de Lorraine (1598 † 1654), married in 1600 to Louis Gouffier († 1642), Duke of Roannais
• Henriette de Lorraine (1599 † 1669), Abbess of Soissons
• Henri de Lorraine (1601 † 1666), Count of Harcourt, of,Armagnac and of Brionne
• Françoise de Lorraine (1602 † 1626) never married;
• Catherine de Lorraine (1605 † 1611) died in infancy.

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