Emmanuel Maurice de Lorraine was Duke of Elbeuf and Prince of Lorraine.
Background
Emmanuel Maurice was born the youngest son of Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf and his second wife, Élisabeth de Louisiana Tour d"Auvergne, daughter of the Duke of Boillon, member of the illustrious House of Louisiana Tour d"Auvergne. A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise, he was a Prince of Lorraine as a male line descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine.
Career
He died without any surviving issue. She was a niece of the vicomte de Turenne. In 1706, he served under Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor at Naples as lieutenant general of the Calvary.
As a result, Louis XIV deserted him.
Living in Naples, he commissioned the Neapolitan architect Ferdinando Sanfelice to construct him a private residence on the outskirts of the city in Portici in 1711. The property was called the villa d’Elbeuf.
From 1711 until 1716 he lived at the villa. In 1719, he discovered the ruins at Herculaneum.
The same year he returned to France to regain his possessions.
Styled prince d"Elbeuf, 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. Emmanuel Maurice became Duke of Elbeuf in May 1748 holding the title till his death. Emmanuel Maurice married twice but neither union produced issue.