Louis Charles of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc

Louis of Lorraine (Louis Charles; 10 September 1725 – 28 June 1761) was a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. He married three times and through his daughter, is an ancestor of the present House of Savoy. He was the Grand Squire of France and Governor of Anjou.

Early life

He was born as the fourth child and the first son of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc and his wife, Jeanne Henriette Marguerite de Durfort (1691-1750), granddaughter of Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duke of Duras.

Military career

In 1752 he was created the Grand Squire of France, a post which had been occupied by his distant cousin Charles de Lorraine. The post was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France and a member of the King's Household. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of Master of the Horse and the Crown Equerry.

Louis XV made him a Brigadier of the King's Armies in April 1745 and a knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit, the most prestigious knighthoods in France (21 May 1752). They had:

Charles Eugène of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Duke of Elbeuf (25 September 1751 – 11 November 1825) married two times, no issue; Joséphine of Lorraine (26 August 1753 – 8 February 1797), married Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Brionne (11 November 1755 – 22 May 1786) never married; reigning Princess-Abbess of Remiremont Joseph Louis, Prince of Lorraine-Vaudémont (23 June 1759 – 29 March 1812); married Louise Auguste Elisabeth Marie Colette de Montmorency-Logny (1763–1832). They had no children.

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