Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse

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Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse

Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse (born January 8, 1585 in the Louvre , Paris , † February 25, 1656 ) was the daughter of Henri de Joyeuse and Catherine Nogaret.

Life

Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse was born on January 8, 1585 in the Louvre as the daughter of Henri de Joyeuse, Comte du Bouchage, and Catherine Nogaret de la Valette, sister of the Duke of Épernon . Henriette was Duchess of Joyeuse from 1608 to 1647 and Princess of Joinville from 1641 to 1654 .

After her mother died and her father entered the Capuchin Order, she lived with her paternal grandmother, Marie de Batarnay. After her death in 1595, Henriette's father took care of her again. In 1597 she married Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier . The marriage had a daughter, Marie , who was born on October 15, 1605 in Gaillon in Normandy . After she was widowed in 1608, Henriette married on January 5, 1611 Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duc de Guise . They had 11 children together. Henriette Catherine was the grandmother of Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans , the Grande Mademoiselle.

Although she led a pious life, was close to the royal family and was a friend of Maria de Médicis , Henriette Catherine had to follow her husband into exile in Florence in March 1635 as a result of the intrigues against Cardinal Richelieu . She stayed there until Charles' death in September 1640.

After her return to France, Henriette Catherine devoted herself to charity and pious works. She died on February 25, 1656 at the age of 71 and was buried in the church of the Capuchin monastery in Paris. In the course of work, her coffin was brought to light around 1854 in the Rue de la Paix.

progeny

Henriette Catherine had a daughter from her first marriage to Henri de Bourbon:

From her second marriage to Charles de Lorraine, she had 11 children:

  • François de Lorraine (April 3, 1612 - December 7, 1639), Prince of Joinville
  • Twins (March 4, 1613 - March 19, 1613), who were very weak and died on the same day
  • Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise (April 4, 1614 - June 2, 1664), Archbishop of Reims
  • Marie de Lorraine, Duchesse de Guise (August 5, 1615 - March 3, 1688)
  • Daughter, called Mademoiselle de Joinville (March 4, 1617 - January 18, 1618), who was born healthy, but caught a cold in the winter of 1617 and died shortly afterwards
  • Charles-Louis de Lorraine (July 15, 1618 - March 15, 1637)
  • Françoise Renée de Lorraine (January 10, 1621 - December 4, 1682), abbess of Montmartre
  • Louis de Lorraine (January 11, 1622 - September 27, 1654), Duc de Joyeuse and d'Angoulême, Grand chambellan de France.
  • Roger de Lorraine (March 21, 1624 - September 6, 1653).
  • Françoise de Lorraine (* 1627; † 1682), abbess of Saint-Pierre de Reims

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Person Page 4231 - Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ COUVENT DES CAPUCINES de la place Vendôme (Paris) (disparu) - Tombes Sépultures dans les cimetières et autres lieux. Retrieved June 26, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Joyeuse, Henriette Catherine de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of Henri de Joyeuse and Catherine Nogaret
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1585
PLACE OF BIRTH Louvre , Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1656