Diane de La Marck
Diane de La Marck (born June 16, 1544 in Château-Thierry , † after May 2, 1612) was a French noblewoman from the Rhenish house of Mark .
origin
She is the daughter of Robert IV. De La Marck , Duke of Bouillon , Lord of Sedan and Château-Thierry, and Françoise de Brézé (a daughter of Diane de Poitiers ). She was named Dame de Sarbruck after her paternal grandmother, Guillemette de Sarrebruck . A few months after her birth, her birthplace was conquered by Emperor Charles V.
Duchess of Nevers
On January 6, 1558, she married Jacques de Clèves , the future Duke of Nevers and Pair de France , Seigneur d'Orval, a younger son of François I de Clèves, duc de Nevers and Marguerite de Bourbon-Vendôme , who came from the same Family came like her. Her father had died two years earlier, and her famous grandmothers Diane and Guillemette were still alive. Diane became Duchess of Nevers in 1562, but two years later she was widowed, which is why her family made it difficult to process the dowry . The marriage remained childless.
Countess of Tonnerre
On May 17, 1570, she married her second cousin, Henri Antoine de Clermont (* 1540), Comte de Tonnerre , Vicomte de Tallard , who in 1571 became Duc de Clermont and also Pair de France, Governor du Bourbonnais et d ' Auvergne , Colonel d'infanterie du Piémont, son of Antoine III. de Clermont , Comte de Clermont, and Françoise de Poitiers, younger sister of Diane's grandmother. This marriage did not last long either, as he was killed on April 1, 1573 during the siege of La Rochelle . The couple's son was Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre (1571-1640), Comte de Clermont et de Tonnerre and Pair de France (see list of the Clermont-Tonnerre family ).
Countess of Sagonne
In 1579 she married Jean Babou de La Bourdaisière , Comte de Sagonne (* 1541), the son of Jean Babou , Baron de Sagonne and Maître-Général de l'Artillerie de France, and Françoise Robertet , and uncle of Gabrielle d ' Estrées . Jean Babou de La Bourdaisière died in September 1589 in the Battle of Arques . Their children together are:
- Jeanne Babou de La Bourdaisiére, * around 1580, † 1610
- Alphonsine Babou de La Bourdaisiére, * around 1582, † 1617
- Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière
- Fabrice Babou de La Bourdaisière
In 1583 she was Lady of Honor Catherine of Medicis . In 1601 she asserted her rights against the new Duke of Bouillon, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne , at the Parlement de Normandie . It is mentioned for the last time on May 6, 1612.
literature
- Ariane Boltanski, Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (approx. 1550-approx. 1600) , Geneva, Librairie Droz, coll.Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance , No. 419, 2006, ISBN 978 -2-600-01022-1
- Joseph-Nicolas Guyot, Répertoire universel et raisonné de jurisprudence civile, criminelle, canonique et bénéficiale , Visse 1785
- Caroline zum Kolk (éd.), État de la maison de Catherine de Médicis, 1547–1585 (BNF, ms. Fr. Nouv. Acq. 9175, f. 379–394). Document édité en ligne on October 19, 2007
Web link
- Etienne Pattou, Maison de La Marck ( online, accessed July 11, 2019 )
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Marck, Diane de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dame de Sarbruck |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Nevers, Clermont and Tonnerre |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1544 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Château-Thierry |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1612 |