When the Viking chieftain Rollo obtained the territories via the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte which would later make up Normandy, he distributed them as estates among his main supporters. Among these lands were the seigneurie of Harcourt, near Brionne, and the county of Pont-Audemer, both of which Rollo granted to Bernard the Dane, ancestor of the lords (seigneurs) of Harcourt. he first to use Harcourt as a name, however, was Anquetil d'Harcourt at the start of the 11th century.
married Sprote, princess of Bourgogne
married Ertemberge de Bricquebec
married Anceline de Montfort-sur-Risle
married Ève de Boissey
married Emme d'Estouteville
married Colette d'Argouges.
married Hue d'Amboise.
married Jeanne de Meulan in 1179
married Jeanne de la Roche-Tesson, heiress of the Viscount of Saint-Sauveur, in 1213
married Alix de Beaumont
married first Agnès de Lorraine, daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine
married second Jeanne de Châtellerault
married Alix de Reginar, daughter of Godfrey of Brabant.
The barony of Harcourt was erected into the county of Harcourt, together with the seigneuries of Lillebonne, Troispierres, La Saussaye and Elbeuf, by letters patent of Philip VI in March 1338.
married Isabeau de Parthenay, dame de Vibraye, de Montfort-le-Rotrou, d'Aspremont and de Bonnétable
married Blanche de Ponthieu, Countess of Aumale, sister of Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon
married Catherine de Bourbon (d. 1427), daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, in 1359
married Marie d'Alençon (1373–1417), daughter of Pierre II, Count of Alençon, in 1390
His only son, John VIII, was killed in battle in 1424. Upon the death of John VII in 1452, his inheritance was to be divided between his elder daughter, Marie, wife of Antoine, Count of Vaudémont, and his second daughter, Jeanne, wife of Jean III de Rieux. However, Marie and her son John of Vaudémont were able to control the entire inheritance until 1454, when the de Rieux gained control of the County of Aumale. However, litigation continued between the de Rieux and the Vaudémont-Lorraine through the late 15th century.
her husband Antoine, Count of Vaudémont 1454–1458
her son John of Vaudémont 1458–1473
her grandson René II, Duke of Lorraine 1473–1476
The de Rieux continued to maintain their claims on Harcourt. Jeanne (1399–1456), the daughter of John VII, had married Jean III de Rieux (1377–1431) in 1414. She was succeeded by her son François de Rieux (1418–1458), who married Jeanne de Rohan in 1442 and was succeeded by his son Jean IV de Rieux. He reached a settlement with the Duke of Lorraine in 1495, trading Aumale for Harcourt, and resumed the title.
married Isabelle de Brosse (died 1527), daughter of John VI, Count of Penthièvre
married Suzanne de Bourbon-Montpensier (died 1570), daughter of Louis de Bourbon, Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon and Louise de Montpensier
Upon the death of Henri, the county of Harcourt passed to his sister Louise, who had married René, Marquis of Elbeuf, head of a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine.
married René, Marquis of Elbeuf (1536–1566) in 1555
married Marguerite de Chabot (1565–1652) in 1583
married Anne d'Ornano (died 1695) in 1645
married Marie Françoise de Brancas (died 1715) in 1667
married Marie Louise Chrétienne Jeannin de Castille (1680–1736) in 1705
"Harcourt" has been given as a title to descendants of cadet branches of the family of Harcourt, without a territorial connection to the medieval county. Both branches descend from Philippe d'Harcourt (1353–1403), Lord of Bonnétable, son of John V of Harcourt.
The title of duc d'Harcourt was granted in 1700 by Louis XIV to Henry d'Harcourt (1654–1718), marshal of France, of the branch of Beuvron, upon the erection of the marquisate de La Mothe and de Thury to a duchy, with the name of Harcourt. The title was made a peerage in 1709, by letters patent.
married Marie Anne Claude de Brulart de Genlis (1669–1750) in 1687
married Marguerite Sophie Louise de Neufville (1699–1716) in 1716, then in 1717 Marie Madeleine Le Tellier (1697–1735)
married Eulalie de Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire (1715–1738) in 1725
married Françoise Cathérine d'Aubusson de la Feuillade (1733–1815) in 1752
married Madeleine Jacqueline Le Veneur de Tillières (died 1825) in 1780
married Aglaé Terray (1788–1867) in 1807
married Slanie de Choiseul-Praslin (1807–1843) in 1829
married Marie (1843–1916), comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau, in 1862
married Marie de la Rochefoucauld (1871–1952) in 1892
married Antoinette Gérard (1909–1958) in 1927, then in 1961 Maria Teresa de Zayas (born 1930)
married Isabelle Roubeau (1961-)
married Hélène de Nicolay (1962-)
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