Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux
Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux (* probably 1564; † unknown), often called La Fosseuse , was a mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Life
Françoise was the youngest of five daughters Pierres de Montmorency, baron de Fosseux, marquis de Thury and his wife Jacqueline d'Avaugour. She was a maid of honor in the service of the future French queen Margaret of Valois . From 1579 to 1581 she was King Henry IV's official lover and gave birth to a daughter who, however, was born dead. Together with Queen Margarete, she went from the Navarre court in Nérac to Paris in 1582 and married François de Broc, Baron von Cinq-Mars on May 11, 1596.
See also
literature
- Jean-François Dreux du Radier: Mémoires historiques, critiques, et anecdotes des reines et régentes de France . Imprimerie des Frères Mame, Paris 1808, pp. 289–304 ( PDF; 12 MB ).
Web links
Commons : Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jean de Jaurgain: Corisande d'Andoins, Comtesse de Guiche et Dame de Gramont . In: Revue Internationale des Études Basques . No. 1, 1907, ISSN 0212-7016 , p. 123 ( PDF; 156 kB ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montmorency-Fosseux, Françoise de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Fosseuse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mistress of the French King Henry IV. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1564 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th century or 17th century |