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Charles-Lèon de Servins, 6th Marquis d'Héricourt (7 January 1843 – 10 June 1911), until 1896 Comte d'Héricourt, was a French aristocrat and diplomat.
Héricourt was born on 7 January 1843 in Arras, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. He was a son of Count Achmet-Marie de Servins d'Héricourt (1819–1871) and Valentine-Josephine d'Oresmieulx de Fouquières (1816–1881). His father was an archaeologist and bibliophile who served as mayor of Souchez. His mother died at the Château du Carieul in 1881.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Charles François Joseph de Servins d'Héricourt and Alexandrine Therese Louise de Bucy.[2] His maternal grandparents were Augustin d'Oresmieulx de Fouquières, Lord of Fouquières, and Charlotte Alexandrine de Beaulaincourt de Marles.[3] His grandfather's grandfather, Louis-François-Joseph de Servin, a former captain of Grenadiers in the Dauphin Regiment was Knighted in June 1760 (he was already a Knight of Saint Louis by that point), Maréchal de camp in 1766,[4] and was created the 1st Marquis of Héricourt in August 1779 by King Louis XVI.[5]
Héricourt served as French Consul in Stuttgart in 1880, then Leipzig, before becoming Consul general of France and retiring as Minister Plenipotentiary.[5]
Upon the death of his first cousin Jules de Servin, Marquis d'Héricourt on 29 February 1896, he succeeded as the 6th Marquis of Héricourt (French: Marquis d'Héricourt). Before this, he was known as Count of Héricourt (French: Comte d'Héricourt).[5] He was the proprietor of the Château d'Héricourt, in Héricourt near Saint-Pol (Pas-de-Calais).[5]
He was made a Commander of the Order of St. Olav, an Honorary Knight of the Order of the Crown of Württemberg.[5]
On 23 June 1884, Héricourt Baroness Olga Hugo von Spitzemberg (1863–1955) in Stuttgart. Olga was a daughter of Baron Wilhelm von Spitzemberg, a Württemberg General and Grande Chamberlain and aide-de-camp to King Charles I, and Baroness Marie Hugo von Herman auf Wain. Among her siblings were Amélie (the Baroness Franz von Soden) and Elisabeth (the Baroness Volkart von Ow-Wachendorf).[5] Together, they were the parents of:[3]
- Marie-Joséphine de Servins d'Héricourt (1885–1958), a nun with the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.[5]
- Olga-Marie de Servins d'Héricourt (1888–1978), who married Jean-Paul-Marie-Augustin, Viscount of Masin (French: Vicomte de Masin) of the Château de Brandon.[5]
- Yvonne de Servins d'Héricourt (1891–1916), a Red Cross nurse who was accidentally poisoned and died during World War I.[5]
- Jean de Servins d'Héricourt, 7th Marquis d'Héricourt (1896–1917), a Second Lieutenant Aviator who died during World War I.[5]
Héricourt died at 13 Rue Colbert, his home in Versailles, on 10 June 1911.[5] After the death of his son in 1917, the marquessate became extinct.[6]
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