Henri I. de Montmorency
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.
See also the Montmorency tribe list
Web links
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 .
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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 |