List of Lords and Princes of Carency - House of Escars (16th Century)

House of Escars (16th Century)

• Jean de Peyrusse d’Escars (†1595)

"Prince" of Carency, then in 1586 count of La Vauguyon, lord of Abret and Vendat. Knight of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit from 1578.

In 1561 he married Anne de Clermont, daughter of Antoine III count of Clermont, son of Bernardin de Clermont, with whom he had :

1. Claude d’Escars (†6 March 1586), prince of Carency, killed in a duel by Gontaut Biron (beheaded on the orders of Henri IV).

2. Henri d’Escars (†1590), prince of Carency, married Anne marquise of Fronsac, daughter of Geoffroy lord of Caumont.

3. Diane d’Escars : see below

4. Louise (1576-†1583), abbess of Ligueux

5. Isabeau d'Escars (†1609), lady of Combles, married Jean of Amanzé on 10 September 1595.

• Diane d’Escars

Princess of Carency, countess of La Vauguyon and lady of Abret after her brothers' deaths.

In 1573 she married Charles Gouyon, count of la Maure, thus moving Carency into the Rochechouart family, who did not use the title. This family was not linked to Carency's promotion to a princedom. Diane and her husband were great grand parents of Madame de Montespan.

She later married Louis Estuer comte de Saint-Megrin, by whom she had :

1. Jacques (1588-†1671) count of La Vauguyon

At the end of the 18th century the title passed to a Bauffremont via the marriage of one of the daughters of Paul François de Quelen de La Vauguyon.