Charles Louis de Lorraine (21 October 1696 – 2 November 1755) was a French nobleman and general, member of a cadet branch of the

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. He held the titles of Count of Marsan, lord of

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and prince of

Mortagne-sur-Gironde Mortagne-sur-Gironde () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Bordering the banks of the Gironde estuary, this small town was for centuries a principality, a title it ...

, but he was known by the

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of Prince of Pons.

Biography

Born to Charles de Lorraine, Count of Marsan and his wife Catherine Thérèse de Goyon de Matignon, he was the couples eldest child. Styled the Prince of Pons from birth, he was also the Count of Marsan at his father's death in November 1708. As a member of the

, he was a

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and as such, was addressed with the style of Highness. His mother was the first wife of

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and as such, Charles Louis had four half siblings. Through his mother, he was a first cousin of

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, the spouse of

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He was also the Prince of Mortagne. He married Élisabeth de Roquelaure, a daughter of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure. The couple were married on 1 March 1714. Élisabeth gave him four children, two sons and two daughters. His younger daughter Louise married into the

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s family and his eldest son Gaston married a princess of the

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. His youngest son married a daughter of the

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. Only his daughter Louise had further issue. The Prince of Pons pursued a military career: in 1717 he was posted in

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. On 3 June 1724, he was made a knight of the

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, the most prestigious decoration of the

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. He was promoted to the rank of

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in 1734, then ''maréchal de camp'' ( Major General) in 1738 and finally

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in 1744. His first son was his aide de camp in the 1736 campaign, his second one in the 1741-1742 campaign He outlived his wife by three years. He was buried at the

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Issue

*Leopoldine Élisabeth de Lorraine (2 October 1716 – ?) never married; * ''Louise'' Henriette Gabrielle de Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Marsan,

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(30 December 1718 – 5 September 1788) married

Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (Godefroy Charles Henri; 26 January 1728, Paris – 3 December 1792) was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Sovereign Dukes of Bouillon. He was subsequently the penultimate Duke of Bouillon succeed ...

and had issue; * ''Gaston'' Jean Baptiste Charles de Lorraine, Count of Marsan (7 February 1721 – 2 May 1743) married

Marie Louise de Rohan Marie Louise de Rohan (Marie Louise Geneviève; 7 January 1720 – 4 March 1803), also known as Madame de Marsan, was the governess of Louis XVI of France and his siblings. She was an influential figure of the French court and a driving forc ...

; died of

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; * Louis ''Camille'' de Lorraine, Prince of Marsan, Prince of Puyguilhem (18 December 1725 – 12 April 1780) married Hélène Julie Rosalie Mancini, Mademoiselle de Nevers,Daughter of

Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini Louis Jules Mancini, 4th (and last) Duke of Nevers (''Louis Jules Barbon''; 16 December 1716 – 25 February 1798) was a French diplomat and writer. The Duke was the sixth member elected to occupy seat No. 4 of the Académie française in 1742 ...

and Hélène Françoise Angélique Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain no issue.

Ancestry

References and notes

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