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HARCOURT , a See also:

village in See also:Normandy, now a See also:commune in the See also:department of See also:Eure, See also:arrondissement of See also:Bernay and See also:canton of Brionne, which gives its name to a See also:noble See also:family distinguished in See also:French See also:history, a See also:branch of which was See also:early established in See also:England. Of the lords of Harcourt, whose See also:genealogy can be traced back to the 11th See also:century, the first to distinguish himself was See also:Jean II. (d. 1302) who was See also:marshal and See also:admiral of See also:France. Godefroi d'Harcourt, seigneur of See also:Saint Sauveur le Vicomte, surnamed " Le boiteux " (the lame), was a marshal in the See also:English See also:army and was killed near See also:Coutances in 1356. The See also:fief of Harcourt was raised to the See also:rank of a countship by See also:Philip of See also:Valois, in favour of Jean IV., who was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Crecy (1346). His son, Jean V. (d. 1355) married See also:Blanche, heiress of Jean II., See also:count of See also:Aumale, and the countship of Harcourt passed with that of Aumale until, in 1424, Jean VIII., count of Aumale and See also:Mortain and See also:lieutenant-See also:general of Normandy, was killed at the battle of See also:Verneuil, and with him the See also:elder branch became See also:extinct in the male See also:line. The heiress, See also:Marie, by her See also:marriage with See also:Anthony of See also:Lorraine, count of Vaudemont, brought the countship of Harcourt into the See also:house of Lorraine. The See also:title of count of Harcourt was See also:borne by several princes of this house. The most famous instance was See also:Henry of Lorraine, count of Harcourt, Brionne, and See also:Armagnac, and nicknamed " See also:Cadet la perle " (16o1-1666).

He distinguished himself in several See also:

campaigns against See also:Spain, and later played an active See also:part in the See also:civil See also:wars of the See also:Fronde. He took the See also:side of the princes, and fought against the t See also:government in See also:Alsace; but was defeated by Marshal de la Ferte, and made his submission in 1654. The most distinguished among the younger branches of the family are those of See also:Montgomery and of Beuvron. To the former belonged Jean d'Harcourt, See also:bishop of See also:Amiens and See also:Tournai, See also:archbishop of See also:Narbonne and See also:patriarch of See also:Antioch, who died in 1452; and See also:Guillaume d'Harcourt, count of Tancarville, and See also:viscount of See also:Melun, who was See also:head of the See also:administration of the See also:woods and forests in the royal domain (souverain maitre et reformateur See also:des eaux et forces de France) and died in 1487. From the branch of the marquises of Beuvron sprang See also:Henri d'Harcourt, marshal of France, and See also:ambassador at the See also:Spanish See also:court, who was made See also:duke of Harcourt (1700) and a peer of France (1709); also See also:Francois See also:Eugene See also:Gabriel, count, and afterwards duke, of Harcourt, who was ambassador first in Spain, and later at See also:Rome, and died in 1865. This branch of the family is still in existence. See G. A. de la Rogne, Histoire genealogique de la maison d'Harcourt (4 vols., See also:Paris, 1662) ; P. See also:Anselme, Histoire genealogique de la maison de France, v. 114, &c. ; and Dom le Noir, Preuves genealogiques et historiques de la maison de Harcourt (Paris, 1907). (M.

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