Background
He was the youngest son of the Count of Harcourt and brother of the Chevalier de Lorraine. Charles was the youngest son of Henri de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt and Marguerite Philippe du Cambout.
He was the youngest son of the Count of Harcourt and brother of the Chevalier de Lorraine. Charles was the youngest son of Henri de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt and Marguerite Philippe du Cambout.
The youngest son, he was given an appanage in the form of the County of Marsan at birth. The latter was also known as the Prince of Pons. Madame de Sévigné referred to him as le petit Marsan.
She was an aunt of Jacques I, Prince of Monaco.
Catherine was previously married to Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Seignelay, son of Jean Baptiste Colbert, and was already the mother of four children. The couple were married on 22 September 1696 and had three children, two of whom survived infancy.
Charles never married again. He was created a knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit, the most prestigious military knighthood of the Ancien Régime, on 31 December 1688 at Versailles.
Charles died in Paris at the age of 60.
His last male line descendant was Camille, Prince of Marsan, brother of the last Count of Marsan. He has no known descendants. Charles Louis de Lorraine, Count of Marsan, Prince of Pons (21 October 1696 – 2 November 1755) married Élisabeth de Roquelaure and had issue;
Jacques Henri de Lorraine, Chevalier de Lorraine (24 March 1698 – 2 June 1734) married Anne Marguerite Gabrielle de Beauvau had no issue.
Died in the Siege of Philippsburg.
Marie de Lorraine (7 December 1699 – 16 December 1699) died in infancy. Titles and styles
8 April 1648 – 13 November 1708 His Highness The Count of Marsan.
As a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, he was a Foreign Prince at the Court of France.