- Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille
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Charlotte Catherine Princess of Condé Spouse Henri de Bourbon Issue Éléonore, Princess of Orange
Henri, Prince of CondéFull name Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille Father Louis de La Trémoille Mother Jeanne de Montmorency Born 1568[1]
FranceDied 29 August 1629
Paris, FranceBurial Église des Religieuses de l'Ave Maria, Paris, France Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille (1568 – 29 August 1629) was a French noblewoman and Princess of Condé by marriage. She was a member of the House of La Trémoille.
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Biography
The youngest of five children born to the Duke and Duchess of Thouars, she was a member of the La Trémoille family, one of the oldest in France. Her father was closely tied with the royal's of France (the House of Valois) and the family was renowned. Her maternal grandfather Anne de Montmorency was captured with his king, Francis I, at the Battle of Pavia in February 1525.
Her future husband, Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé was the son of the late Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé and Eléanor de Roucy de Roye.
Henri was one of the most important men in the kingdom, holding the prestigious rank of First Prince of the Blood (Prince du Sang). The couple married on 16 March 1586,[1] Henri completely enamoured by his attractive wife who was sixteen years younger than he.
As part of her dowry of 60,000 Livres, she bought numerous new property into the Bourbon family which helped settle the debts of her husband family.[2]
At the death of her husband in March 1588, it was Charlotte Catherine who was accused of his alleged poisoning and the blame fell on her completely. At the time of her husband's death, she was three months pregnant[3] and was imprisoned for six years during which time she gave birth to her son Henri de Bourbon.
Later on, after the extinction of the House of Valois in 1589,[1] the Bourbon king Henry IV of France recognised the infant Henri as the son of the late Condé giving the rank of First Prince back to the Condé's. Her son was Heir presumptive to the throne till the birth of the future Louis XIII in 1601.[1]
She was buried at the Église des Religieuses de l'Ave Maria in Paris.
Issue
- Éléonore de Bourbon (30 April 1587–20 January 1619) married Philip William, Prince of Orange, no issue;
- Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1 September 1588–26 December 1646) married Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency and had issue including le Grand Condé.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille 16. Louis de la Trémoille 8. Charles de la Trémoille 17. Gabrielle de Bourbon 4. François de La Trémoille 18. - 9. Louise de Coëtivy 19. - 2. Louis de La Trémoille 20. - 10. Guy de Laval 21. - 5. Anne de Laval 22. Frederick IV of Naples 11. Charlotte of Naples 23. Anne of Savoy 1. Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille 24. Jean de Montmorency 12. Guillaume de Montmorency 25. Marguerite d'Orgemont 6. Anne de Montmorency 26. - 13. Anne Pot 27. - 3. Jeanne de Montmorency 28. Philip II, Duke of Savoy 14. Rene of Savoy, Légitimé de Savoie 29. Libera Portoneri 7. Madeleine of Savoy 30. - 15. - 31. - Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 1568 – 16 March 1586 Her Highness Mademoiselle de La Trémoille
- 16 March 1586 – 5 March 1588 Her Serene Highness the Princess of Condé
- 5 March 1588 – 29 August 1629 Her Serene Highness the Dowager Princess of Condé
References and notes
- ^ a b c d van de Pas, Leo. "Charlotte Catherine de La Trémouille". Genealogics .org. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00001626&tree=LEO. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Béguin, Katia. Le Princes de Condé. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3vEojWma9hIC&pg=PA28&dq=Charlotte+Catherine+de+La+Tr%C3%A9mouille+princesse+de+conde&as_brr=3&ei=bjOpS_GFNYb4zATBmtjJDQ&cd=7#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Béthune, Maximilien de. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NItlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA188&dq=Charlotte+Catherine+de+La+Tr%C3%A9mouille+princesse+de+conde&as_brr=3&ei=bjOpS_GFNYb4zATBmtjJDQ&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
See also
The generations start from the children of Charles de Bourbon Duke of Vendôme, from whom are descended all Bourbons after ca 1513 1st Generation 2nd Generation Marie de Clèves^ · Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille^ · Jeanne de Coeme · Louise Marguerite de Lorraine3rd Generation 4th Generation 5th Generation Countess Palatine Anne Henriette Julie of Simmern^ · Anna Maria Martinozzi · Marie Thérèse de Bourbon*6th Generation 7th Generation Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden^ · Marie Anne de Bourbon* · Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg · Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon* · Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este8th Generation Louise Henriette de Bourbon^* · Charlotte de Rohan · Maria Caterina Brignole · Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy · Louise Diane d'Orléans*9th Generation 10th Generation ^wife of the First Prince of the Blood
*Already Princess of the blood in her own rightEléanor de Roucy de Roye (1551-1564) · Françoise d'Orléans (1565-1569) · Marie of Cleves (1572-1574) · Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille (1586-1588) · Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1609-1646) · Claire Clémence de Maillé (1646-1686) · Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1686-1709) · Louise Françoise de Bourbon (1709-1710) · Marie Anne de Bourbon (1713-1720) · Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1728-1740) · Charlotte de Rohan (1753-1760) · Maria Caterina Brignole (1798-1813) · Bathilde d'Orléans (1818-1822)Categories:- 1568 births
- 1629 deaths
- 16th-century French people
- 17th-century French people
- Princesses of the Blood
- House of Bourbon (France)
- Princesses of Condé
- Duchesses of Enghien
- Duchesses of Bourbon
- House of Bourbon
- House of La Trémoille
- French nobility
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