Henri I. de Montmorency

Portrait of Henri I, copperplate engraving by Dominicus Custos

Henri I. de Montmorency (born June 15, 1534 in Chantilly , † April 2, 1614 in La Grange-des-Prés ), Duke of Montmorency and Count of Damville , was Marshal and Connétable of France .

Life

Henri was the son of the pair, marshal and connétables of France Anne de Montmorency and the Madeleine of Savoy, daughter of Renés, le Grand Bastard de Savoie , illegitimate son of Philip II "Senza Terra" of Savoy.

Henri had been governor of Languedoc since 1563 , which he ruled like a sovereign prince. He became the third Duke of Montmorency in 1579 after the death of his older brother François . As leader of the so-called "politicians" he played an important role in the French wars of religion. He was a loyal follower of Henry IV and became a Connétable of France in 1593.

progeny

Henri married Antoinette de La Marck (1542–1591), daughter of Duke Robert IV of Bouillon , with whom he had the following children in 1558 :

Charlotte (* 1572; † 1636), Countess von Fleix, ⚭ May 1591 Charles de Valois, duc d'Angoulême
Hercule († 1593), Count of Offémont, Governor of Languedoc
Marguerite (* 1577; † 1660), Dame de Gourville, ⚭ June 1593 Anne de Lévis, Duke of Ventadour
Henri (* 1581; † 1583)

His second wife was Louise de Budos (1575–1598) in 1593 , with whom he had two children:

Charlotte-Marguerite (* 1594; † 1650), Dame de Chantilly, Duchess of Montmorency, ⚭ May 17, 1609 Henri II. De Bourbon , Prince of Condé
Henri II (* 1595; † 1632), Duke Montmorency, ⚭ 1) September 10, 1608 Jeanne Scépeaux, Countess of Chemillé, 2) 1612 Maria Felizia Orsini (1599–1666), daughter of Virginios, Duke of Bracciano

His third marriage to Laurence de Clermont (1571-1654) from the House of Clermont-Tonnerre remained childless.

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Individual evidence

^ All information according to 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Montmorency, Henri I. de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Montmorency-Damville, Henri I. de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Marshal and Connétable of France
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1534
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chantilly
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1614
Place of death	La Grange-des-Prés

[1] All information according to 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 .