Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency

Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency (17th century, Rubens (?))

Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (born May 11, 1594 - December 2, 1650 in Châtillon-sur-Loire ) was Princess of Condé and mistress of the French King Henry IV by marriage .

Life

Charlotte-Marguerite was a daughter of Duke Henri I de Montmorency and his second wife Louise de Budos and the older sister of Duke Henri II de Montmorency . Through her grandfather Anne de Montmorency , who, as a close friend of King Francis I , had initiated the family's social rise, she was one of the most influential families in France.

In the spring of 1609, Charlotte Marguerite came to the French court and became lady-in-waiting to Queen Maria de 'Medici . The king took a liking to the young Charlotte-Marguerite, she was considered the most beautiful woman of her time. In order to win her over, he let her engagement to the Marshal François de Bassompierre break off and ordered his nephew, Henri II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé , the son of Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his second wife Charlotte de la Trémoille to marry her. He was known for his male friendships at court, but both unexpectedly fell in love. The liaison with the king did not last long because Charlotte's husband sent her to Brussels and then had to flee the king's wrath himself. After the king was stabbed to death by François Ravaillac in Paris on May 14, 1610 , both were able to return to the French court. From the marriage of Charlotte-Marguerite to Henri II. De Condé, three children emerged who played an important role in the Fronde :

Anne Geneviève (1619–1679), ⚭ 1642 Henri II. D'Orleans , Duke of Longueville ( House Orléans-Longueville )
Louis II (1621–1686), called Le Grand Condé , ⚭ 1641 Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé (1628–1694), niece of Cardinal Richelieu
Armand (1629–1666), ⚭ 1654 Anna Maria Martinozzi (1637–1672), niece of Cardinal Marzarin

literature

Joan Davies: The politics of the marriage bed. Matrimony and the Montmorency family 1527-1612 . In: French History . Vol. 6, No. 1, 1992, ISSN 0269-1191 , pp. 63-95, doi : 10.1093 / fh / 6.1.63 .
Jean-François Dreux du Radier: Mémoires historiques, critiques, et anecdotes des reines et régentes de France . Volume 6. Mame, Paris 1808, pp. 107-126 ( online ).
Paul Jean Joseph Henrard: Henri IV et la princesse de Condé, 1609-1610. D'après des documents inédits . Muquardt [ao]., Brussels [ao] 1885.
Sylvia Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Mistresses of the Louvre. France's regents Maria dei 'Medici and Anne d'Autriche . Casimir Katz, Gernsbach 2005, ISBN 3-925825-98-3 , pp. 55–57, 70, 186–187, 213, 255, 277, 309, 328.
Agricol Hippolyte de Lapierre de Châteauneuf: Les favorites des rois de France. Depuis Agnès Sorel, d'après les sources les plus authentiques . Volume 1, 2nd edition. Jehenne, Paris 1826, pp. 183-192 ( online ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ S. Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Mistresses of the Louvre , p. 328.

personal data
SURNAME	Montmorency, Charlotte-Marguerite de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Charlotte-Marguerite, princesse de Condé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princess of Condé and mistress of the French King Henry IV.
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1594
DATE OF DEATH	December 2, 1650
Place of death	Châtillon-sur-Loire

[1] S. Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Mistresses of the Louvre , p. 328.