Jeanne Thérèse du Han

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Jeanne Thérèse du Han de Martigny

Born October 30, 1707 (1707-10-30)
Flag of France Lunéville, Lorraine, France
Died May 7, 1748 (aged 40)
Flag of France Nancy, Lorraine, France
Title Comtesse de Martigny
Religious beliefs Roman Catholic
Spouse Granville Elliott
Children Marie Charlotte Elliott (1736-05-23 - 1785-02-03)

Stanislaus Francois Xavier Elliott (1737-07-06 - after 1752)
Amable Gaspard Antoine Elliott (1738-09-04 - 1814-06-30)
Charles Phillippe Elliott (1740-12-01 - unknown)
Paul Antoine Elliott (1741-06-12 - 1741-07-25)
Francois Maximillian Elliott (1741-06-12 - unknown)

Jean-Baptiste-François Elliott (1747-06-25 - unknown)
Parents Louis-Philippe du Han, comte de Martigny (1678 – 1733) and Catherine Françoise de Roquefeuil de Puydebar

Jeanne Thérèse du Han de Martigny (1707-10-30 Lunéville – 1748-05-07 Nancy) was born and baptized the same day in Lunéville, in the duchy of Lorraine, now part of France, and died in Nancy, the principal city of Lorraine. She was the daughter of Louis-Philippe du Han, comte de Martigny (1678 – 1733) and his wife Catherine Françoise de Roquefeuil de Puydebar (c.1680 – 1764). The Du Han de Martigny were an important noble family of Lorraine, with estates in the north of the duchy.

Louis-Philippe held posts as conseiller d'état, Chamberlain and Grand Veneur under Duke Léopold I, and his daughters were among the court beauties. In 1731, Jeanne-Thérèse was maid of honour to the Dowager Duchess and Regent of Lorraine, Léopold's widow.

She married Granville Elliott on March 15, 1735, in Mannheim, but the couple lived in Lorraine after their marriage, where they had seven children:

After the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession, Granville Elliott spent most of his time away fighting.

Jeanne Thérèse and her husband Granville appear regularly in the Madame de Graffigny correspondence. [1]

Jeanne Thérèse died on 1748-05-07 and was buried two days later in the nave of the Notre-Dame church in Nancy. Her body was reburied when the church was demolished in 1790.

Because her husband returned to Britain and remarried, he published a will for Jeanne Therese at London [2].

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Correspondence of Mme de Graffigny
  2. ^ Will: PROB 6/134 Fol 18 as Jane Teresia Duhan de Martigny, probated 6 Feb 1758 12/128 p.50 (index) The Right Honourable Jane Teresia, Lady Elliott, Countess Duhan de Martigny, Pts (=abroad) Feb
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NAME Han, Jeanne Thérèse du
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martigny, Jeanne Thérèse du Han de
SHORT DESCRIPTION Comtesse de Martigny
DATE OF BIRTH 30 Oct 1707
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneville, France
DATE OF DEATH 7 May 1748
PLACE OF DEATH Nancy, France