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Charles III (1620–4 May 1692) was the third Duke of Elbeuf and member of the House of Lorraine. He succeeded his father Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, to the Duchy-Peerage of Elbeuf. His mother was an illegitimate daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was also a Peer of France as well as titular Duke of Guise, Count of Harcourt, Lillebonne and Rieux.〔 ==Biography== Born at the Hôtel d'Elboeuf in Paris, he was the eldest son of Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, and his wife Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, legitimised daughter of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise,〔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〕 he was a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine. His paternal first cousins included the Chevalier de Lorraine (lover of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans), Count of Armagnac; his maternal cousins included Louis XIV of France ''and'' the above mentioned Duke of Orléans. He was known as the Count of Harcourt-Elbeuf while his father was alive; from circa 1650, he styled himself as the ''prince d'Harcourt'', the county of Harcourt being one of the subsidiary titles of his father. He served in Italy (1641) and Picardy (1642) under the command of his uncle Henri, Count of Harcourt. Charles took great part in the Thirty Years' War; he was with ''le Grand Condé'' (then the Duke of Enghien) at the famous victory at Rocroi in 1643. He was also a part of battles at Thionville and Sierck, as well as the siege of Gravelines (1644); he latter fought in the Battle of Nördlingen (1645) as well as at Trier. At the death of his father in November 1657, he became Duke of Elbeuf as well as a Peer of France. Some time after in 1661, Louis XIV started his personal reign and named Charles as the Governor General of Picardy and Artois, a post his father had previously occupied. He married three times and had numerous illegitimate children. He died in Paris aged roughly 61. He was buried at the Église du couvent des Jacobins in Paris. He was succeeded by his third surviving son Henri 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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