Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine

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Élisabeth Sophie of Lorraine
Duchess of Richelieu
Born 1710
France
Died 2 August 1740
Burial 20 August 1740
Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, France
Spouse Armand de Vignerot du Plessis
Issue
Detail		 Antoine, Duke of Richelieu
Jeanne Sophie, Countess of Egmont
Full name
Marie Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine
House House of Lorraine
Father Joseph, Count of Harcourt
Mother Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille

Élisabeth Sophie of Lorraine (Marie Élisabeth Sophie; 1710 – 2 August 1740.[1]) was a French noblewoman and the second wife of Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, the famous womaniser the Duke of Richelieu.

Biography

She was born in 1710[1] and was the second daughter of Joseph de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt and his wife Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille.[1] Her older sister Louise Henriette Françoise married the Duke of Bouillon in 1725.

A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise,[2] she was a Princess of Lorraine as a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine. At court, she, like his Lorraine family, held the rank of Foreign Prince, a rank which was below that of the immediate Royal Family and Princes of the Blood. This also allowed her the style of Her Highness.

Family relations included Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf, second cousin of her husband via Emmanuel Maurice's mother Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne.[3] Others included the Abbess of Remiremont, Princess of Epinoy and a Queen consort of Sardinia.[1]

She was a proposed bride of Paul II Anton Esterházy, a prince of the House of Esterházy, a distinguished soldier and patron of music. The marriage never materialised.

File:Countess d’Egmont Pignatelli.jpg
Her daughter Jeanne Sophie by Roslin.

In the end, with the help of Voltaire, the Duke of Richelieu was married to Élisabeth Sophie. As she was a Princess of Lorraine, Richelieu had to ask permission from the then Duke of Lorraine Francis III Stephen.[4] The Duke of Lorraine accepted and Élisabeth Sophie married Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu on 7 April 1734.

Richelieu had been married before to Anne Catherine de Noailles and had had no children. Élisabeth Sophie however, gave him two children including the next duke of Richelieu.

The court said that Élisabeth Sophie had a strong mind[5] and a heart capable of great affection and gratitude.[5] She was praised for her virtuous,[5] passionate nature and was a devoted wife to one of the most notorious womaniser's of the age.

She died of Scurvy in her husbands arms[6] on 2 August 1740 aged roughly 30 and only five months after the birth of her daughter. She was buried at the Chapelle de la Sorbonne[7] of the [6] on 20 August 1740.[6] In 1780, her husband married again to Jeanne Catherine Josèphe de Lavaulx; there were no children from the marriage.

Issue

  1. Antoine de Vignerot du Plessis (4 February 1736 – 1791) married Adélaide Gabrielle de Hautefort in 1765 and had issue; married Marie Antoinette de Gallifet and had issue;
  2. Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis (1 March 1740 – 14 October 1773) married Don Casimir Pignatelli, Count of Egmont, Duke of Bisaccia in 1755; no issue.

Ancestry

Family of Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. François Louis de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Alphonse Henri de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Henri François d'Ornano, Lord of Mazargues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Anne d'Ornano
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Marguerite de Maubec-Montlaur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Anne Marie Joseph de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Georges de Brancas, Duke of Villars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Charles de Brancas, Count of Brancas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Julienne Hypolite d'Estrées
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Françoise de Brancas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Mathieu Garnier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Suzanne Garnier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Louise Bazin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Pierre de Castille
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Nicolas Jeannin de Castille, Marquis de Montjeu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Charlotte Jeannin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Gaspard Jeannin de Castille, Marquis de Montjeu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Gaspard de Fieubet, chevalier, seigneur de Caslaurt et Jaillac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Claude de Fieubet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Marie-Claude Ardier (or Aldier) de Beauregard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Marie Louise Christine/Chrétienne Jeannin de Castille, Marquise de Montjeu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Gaspard Dauvet, Count des Marets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Nicolas Dauvet, Count of Marets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Isabelle Brûlart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Louise Diane Dauvet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Christine de Lantage, Lady of Vitry-le-Croisé
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 1710 – 7 April 1734 Her Highness Mademoiselle de Guise (Son Altesse Mademoiselle de Guise)
  • 7 April 1734 – 2 August 1740 Her Highness the Duchess of Richelieu (Son Altesse Madame la duchesse de Richelieu)

References and notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ As the son of René II, Duke of Lorraine, he was given the Duchy of Guise as an appanage which was made a peerage by Francis I of France in 1528
  3. ↑ Daughter of Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
  4. ↑ Future Holy Roman Emperor and husband of Empress Maria Theresa
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ This Parisian chapel is part of the Collège de Sorbonne; it was commishioned by Cardinal Richelieu

See also

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