Marc de Beauvau, 1st Prince of Craon, was a Lorrainese nobleman who served as the President of the 'Council of Regency' – de facto a viceroy — of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1711
Marc's wife, Anne-Marguerite de Lignéville
Haroué
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Haroué is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
Marc de Beauvau, 1st Prince of Craon
…who eventually replaced him in the position. On 21 August 1712, Duke Leopold of Lorraine established the towns of Houdonville (now Croismare) and Haroué as a marquisate within the Duchy, and invested his friend with it: the new title was given the style 'Craon', after the ancient family from the Angevin…
The château in Haroué