Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons
Portrait of Charles de Bourbon-Soissons, engraving by Dominicus Custos , around 1600
Charles de Bourbon-Soissons (born November 3, 1566 in Nogent-le-Rotrou , † November 1, 1612 at Blandy-les-Tours Castle ) was Lord of Condé , Count of Soissons , Dreux , Château-Chinon , Noyers , Baugé and Blandy-les-Tours , Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit , Grand Master of France , Governor of the Dauphiné and Normandy and Viceroy of New France .
He was a son of Louis I de Bourbon and his second wife Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville.
Charles married Anne, Comtesse de Montafié et de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Dame de Lucé (* 1577, † 17 June 1644) on December 17, 1601 , with whom he had the following children:
- Louise (1603–1637), Mademoiselle de Soissons, married Duke Henri II. D'Orléans , Duke of Longueville ( House Orléans-Longueville ) in 1617
- Louis (1604-1641), Comte de Soissons
- Marie Marguerite (1606–1692), Comtesse de Soissons, ∞ Thomas of Savoy-Carignan
- Charlotte Anne (1608–1623)
- Elisabeth (1610-1611)
With Anne Marie Bohier he also left two illegitimate daughters:
- Charlotte (1593–1626), Abbess of Maubuisson
- Catherine († 1610), abbess of Perigne-au-Mans
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Otto Meissner : Scouts at St. Lorenzstrom. The adventures of Samuel de Champlain . Cotta Stuttgart 1966, p. 157.
- ^ Père Anselme: "Ducs de Bourbon: Comtes de Soissons". Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France , Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 1726, p. 350.
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| SURNAME | Bourbon, Charles de, comte de Soissons |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourbon-Soissons, Charles de; Bourbon-Condé, Charles de, comte de Soissons; Bourbon-Condé, Karl von, Count of Soissons |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Soissons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1566 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nogent-le-Rotrou |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1612 |
| Place of death | Blandy-les-Tours castle |