Jacqueline de Longwy
Jacqueline de Longwy, comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine (* before 1520 ; † August 28, 1561 in Paris ) became Duchess (duchesse) of Montpensier and Crown Princess (dauphine) of Auvergne through marriage. She became the friend and confidante of Queen Caterina de 'Medici . Since she was involved in the Protestant reform movement, she got an important influence on the policy of reconciliation when the Queen Mother came to power.
Six children were born from his marriage to Count de Montpensier , including Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier , who later became the wife of Prince William I of Orange-Nassau .
origin
Jacqueline was born before 1520. She was the daughter of Jean IV. De Longwy, Lord of Givry, Baron von Pagny and von Mirebeau († 1520) and Jeanne d'Angoulême (* around 1490, † between 1531 and 1538), illegitimate sister of Francis I (France) . So Jacqueline was the king's half niece.
She had two sisters, Claude Louise (abbess of Jouarre ) and Françoise de Longwy, noble of Pagny and of Mirebeau (1510–1561). The latter was married in the first marriage to Philippe Chabot , Admiral of France , and in the second marriage (1545) to Jacques de Perusse, lord of Escars.
marriage
Jacqueline married Louis III in 1538 . de Montpensier , who became Duke of Montpensier after the death of his mother, Louise de Bourbon († July 5, 1561). On the occasion of the wedding, Francis I returned the counties Forez, Beaujeu and Dombes to the Montpensier. The marriage resulted in a son and five daughters:
- François de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (1542 - June 4, 1592); In 1566 he married Renée d'Anjou-Mézières , Marquise de Mézières (* October 21, 1550, † 1597), daughter of Nicolas d'Anjou, Marquis de Mézières, and of Gabrielle de Mareuil, of whom he had a son, Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier .
- Françoise de Bourbon-Vendôme (1539–1587), who in 1559 married Henri-Robert de La Marck , Duke of Bouillon , Prince of Sedan .
- Anne de Bourbon (1540–1577), who married Duke François II. De Nevers in 1561 .
- Jeanne de Bourbon, Abbess of Jouarre (1541–1620)
- Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier (1547 - May 5, 1582), who married William I of Orange-Nassau on June 24, 1575 .
- Louise de Bourbon, Abbess of Faremoutiers (1548–1586)
In 1543 the Dauphiné of Auvergne was reestablished and Jacqueline became its Crown Princess. In 1556, Jacqueline and Diana of Poitiers, together with Madame de Montmorency, were commissioned by Queen Caterina de 'Medici to decide in the proceedings against Françoise de Rohan ; Mademoiselle de Rohan was one of the supporters of the mathematician François Viète and was seduced by the Duke Jacques de Nemours and then abandoned. Jacqueline had excellent relations with Jean V. de Parthenay and she was suspected of being a Huguenot sympathizer . She died in Paris on August 28, 1561 and was therefore Duchess of Montpensier for only two months. Her husband married Catherine de Lorraine after her death .
Jacqueline de Longwy in literature and art
- François Clouet made a portrait of her in 1550.
- The writer Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette made Jacqueline de Longwy immortal in 1662 with the novella The Princess of Montpensier , as did the film director Bertrand Tavernier in 2010 with his film of the same name .
literature
- Jules Bonnet, François Viète, Mémoire de la vie Jean V de Partenay dit Soubise
- Raisin A. Lambin, Femmes de paix: la coexistence religieuse et les dames de la noblesse en France, 1520–1630, Éditions L'Harmattan, 2003.
- Eugénie Droz, Chemins de l'hérésie, textes et documents, t. III, Edition Slatkin, 1974.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jeanne d'Angoulême was an illegitimate daughter of Charles de Valois, comte d'Angoulême .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Longwy, Jacqueline de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1520 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1561 |
| Place of death | Paris |