Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf
| Emmanuel Maurice | |
|---|---|
Duke of Elbeuf | |
| Born | 30 December 1677 Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France |
| Died | 17 July 1763 (aged 85) France |
| Spouse | Marie Therese de Stramboni Innocentia Catherine du Plessis |
| House | Lorraine |
| Father | Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf |
| Mother | Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne |
Emmanuel Maurice de Lorraine (Emmanuel Maurice; 30 December 1677 – 17 July 1763) was
Biography
Emmanuel Maurice was born the youngest son of
A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise,[1] he was a Prince of Lorraine as a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine.
His sister in law was Charlotte de Rochechouart de Mortemart, a daughter of
In 1706, he served under
Living in Naples, he commissioned the Neapolitan architect
He is usually credited for discovering the ruins at Herculaneum and Pompeii. While living in Naples, he underwrote the first efforts to tunnel into the ground at the site. His men happened to dig right into an ancient Roman theater at Herculaneum and were able to extract a number of marble statues. Most of these were used to decorate his estate; others were distributed across Europe. The same year as the excavations he returned to France[3] to regain his possessions.
Styled prince d'Elbeuf,[4] he was not expected to become Duke of Elbeuf as he was the youngest of five sons born to his father and his first two wives. His older half brothers Charles (1660–1690), Henri Frédéric (1657–1666) and Louis de Lorraine (1662–1693) died before their father and the duchy was thus inherited by Emmanuel Maurice's other surviving brother Henri.
Henri died without any surviving issue, two of his sons dying within a week of each other in 1705 having been in the War of the Spanish Succession. Emmanuel Maurice became Duke of Elbeuf in May 1748 holding the title till his death.
Emmanuel Maurice married twice but neither union produced issue. He died aged 85 and was succeeded by his second cousin
Marriages
Emmanuel Maurice married twice;
- Marie Therese de Stramboni (d.1745) - married 25 October 1713; no issue; the couple married in Naples;
- Innocentia Catherine de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière, see House of Rougé (1707–1794) - married 6 June 1747; no issue.
Ancestry
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References and notes
- ^ 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
- ^ Future King of Spain from 1759 as Charles III
- Louis XIV having ended in 1715; France was ruled by Philippe d'Orléans, Regent of the Kingdom till 1723 for the infant Louis XV
- ^ Velde, François. "The Rank/Title of Prince in France, French Heraldry and Related Topics". Heraldica. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
Sources
- Georges Poull, La maison ducale de Lorraine, 1991
