Charlotte de La Trémoille
Charlotte de La Trémoille (* 1599 , † March 22, 1668 in Ormskirk ), also known as Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby , was a French noblewoman from the house of La Trémoille and by marriage Countess of Derby.
Life
Charlotte de La Trémoille was the eldest daughter of four children of the important Huguenot leader Claude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars and his wife Charlotte Brabantina of Orange-Nassau , the fifth daughter of Prince William I of Orange-Nassau , the silent one , and himself third wife Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier .
On June 26, 1626 she married James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby , the eldest son of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby , and Lady Elizabeth de Vere. Through his father he was a descendant of King Henry VII. The marriage, which according to all reports was harmonious, had nine children:
- Charles (1628–1672), 8th Earl of Derby
- ⚭ 1648 Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven († 1674); was a mistress of King Charles II.
- Charlotte (1628-1629)
- Henriette-Maria (1630–1685)
- ⚭ 1650 Richard Viscount Molyneux
- ⚭ 1654 William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford
- Katherine (1631–1679) ⚭ Henry Pierrepoint, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
- Amelia-Anna-Sophia (1632–1702) ⚭ 1659 John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl
- Henry-Frederick (1634-1638)
- James (1636-1638)
- Edward (1638–1664), unmarried
- William (1641–1670), unmarried
Bolton was a center of Puritanism in the 17th century and a bastion of parliamentarians in the English Civil War , surrounded by areas close to the royalists. On May 28, 1644 Bolton was attacked by the army of the royal equestrian general Prince Ruprecht of the Palatinate, Duke of Cumberland under the leadership of the Earl of Derby. This event is known as the Bolton Massacre . Lady Derby was famous for her valiant defense of Lathom House against parliamentary forces during the First English Civil War (1644). In 1651 her husband was captured in Worcester and beheaded in Bolton .
Name in different phases of life
- 1599–1626 Charlotte de La Tremoille
- 1626–1642 Lady Charlotte Stanley, Lady Strange
- 1642–1651 Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby
- 1651–1664 Dowager Countess of Derby
literature
- Barry Coward : Stanley, James, seventh earl of Derby (1607-1651). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of January 2008
- Arthur W. Moore: A history of the Isle of Man, Volume 2 . Douglas, Isle of Man 1992, ISBN 0-901106-33-X (reprint of the London 1900 edition), p. 231 ff.
- George R. Smith, Margaret Toynbee: Leaders of the Civil Wars. 1642-1648 . Roundwood Press, Kineton 1977, ISBN 0-900093-56-0 .
Web links
- Charlotte de la Trémoille on thepeerage.com
- Defense of Lathom House by the Countess of Derby (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby
- ^ James, 7th Earl of Derby, 1627-1651
- ↑ James Stanley, Baron Strange, 7th Earl of Derby
- ^ Person - National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved January 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Amelia Sophia (Stanley) Murray (1633-1702) | WikiTree: The FREE Family Tree. Retrieved January 26, 2017 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trémoille, Charlotte de La |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trémoïlle, Charlotte de La; Stanley, Charlotte, Countess of Derby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobles from the House of La Trémoille and, by marriage, Countess of Derby |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1599 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1668 |
| Place of death | Ormskirk |