John VII, Count of Harcourt

Jean VII d' Harcourt († December 18, 1452 in Chatellerault ) was Count of Harcourt, Aumale, Viscount of Chatellerault, Seigneur de Mézières, d' Elbeuf, Bonne de Lille, de La Saussaye etc. He was the son of Jean VI. d' Harcourt, Count of Harcourt, and Catherine de Bourbon, the sister of King Charles V..

As a military man he participated in the siege of waist Bourg, where he was beaten by his uncle Louis II de Bourbon knighted at the siege of Tunis and the siege of Harfleur. In the battle of Agincourt in 1415 he fell in English captivity.

1418 Harcourt his castle was occupied by the English. His earldom was given to the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence. King Charles VI. appointed him as a support to the captain-general of Normandy and gave him 1000 livres.

Jean VII d' Harcourt died on December 18, 1452 and was buried in the convent of the Cordeliers in Chatellerault. With him went the elder branch of the house of Harcourt

He had on March 17, 1389 Marie d' Alençon married († 1418 ), daughter of Pierre d' Alençon and Marie II Chamaillard, Vicomtesse de Beaumont -au- Maine. His children were Jean d' Harcourt VIII (1396-1424), Count of Aumale, lieutenant and captain-general of Normandy, who fell at the Battle of Verneuil, and Marie d' Harcourt (1398-1476), wife of Antoine de Vaudémont, Count of Vaudémont and Guise, the ancestors of the line Harcourt of the house of Lorraine.