Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
[Leo van de Pas, www.Worldroots.com] (21 July 1577 – 17 June 1644), was a French heiress and the wife of
Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons, a
Prince of the Blood, and military commander during the
French Wars of Religion
The French Wars of Religion is the term which is used in reference to a period of civil war between French Catholics and Protestants, commonly called Huguenots, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. According to estimates, between two and four mi ...
. Following her marriage in 1601, she was styled Countess of Soissons. She was the Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Countess of Montafié, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable in her own right.
Family
Anne was born in
Lucé, France, the daughter and co-heiress of Louis de Montafié, Count of Montafié, Lord of Piedmont, Prince of Carignano and
Jeanne de Coesme, Dame de Lucé and de Bonnétable, herself the daughter of Louis de Coesme, Seigneur of Lucé and Anne de Pisseleu.
Her paternal grandfather, Georges II, Count of Montafié was a
Knight of Malta, and the owner of the
Shroud of Turin; and her maternal grandmother was the niece of
Anne de Pisseleu
Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (), Duchess of Étampes, (15081580) was chief mistress of Francis I of France. She became Francis' mistress following his return from captivity in 1526. Anne enriched her family and friends through her courtly influen ...
,
Duchess of Étampes, the celebrated mistress of King
Francis I of France
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.
Anne had one sister, Urbaine who would later marry Louis de La Chatre, Baron of Maisonfort,
Marshal of France
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, by whom she had one daughter, Louise Henriette. On 6 October 1577, when Anne was less than three months old, her father was assassinated at
Aix-en-Provence while in the service of King
Henry III of France as his
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...
. Her mother required the intervention of the King and
Pope Pius V
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to ensure that she regained the succession to her father's estate of Bonnétable. Several years later in 1581, her mother married secondly
François, Prince of Conti.
Marriage and issue
On 27 December 1601, she married Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons, son of
Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé and
Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville
Françoise d'Orléans (5 April 1549 – 11 June 1601) was the second wife of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, a " Prince du Sang" and leader of the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.
Family
Her paternal grandparents were Louis d' ...
, a ''
Prince of the Blood'', who was also a military commander during the French Wars of Religion. Anne brought her inheritance of the
countship
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of Montafié in
Piedmont
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as well as her mother's seigneuries of
Bonnétable
Bonnétable () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire, northwestern France.
Bonnétable is twinned with Horncastle in rural Lincolnshire. The towns' relationship is commemorated by a ''Rue Horncastle'' in Bonn ...
and Lucé to the Bourbons.
Her mother had died near
Chartres on the day of Anne's wedding.
Together Charles and Anne had five children, three of whom lived to adulthood:
*
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons (1 May 1604- 6 June 1641), died in battle without legitimate issue; he had one illegitimate son,
Louis Henri, Count of Noyers Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...
by his mistress Élisabeth des Hayes;
*
Louise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Soissons
Louise de Bourbon (2 February 1603 – 9 September 1637) called ''Mademoiselle de Soissons'' was the wife of Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. She was the mother of the famous Marie de Nemours.
Life
The eldest daughter of Charles de ...
(11 May 1603- 1637), married
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville, with one surviving daughter,
Marie de Nemours
Marie de Nemours, originally known as Marie d'Orléans-Longueville (1625–1707), was Princess of Neuchâtel from 1694 to 1707. She was the daughter of Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville and Louise de Bourbon. After the death of her brother ...
.
*
Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons
Marie de Bourbon (3 May 1606 – 3 June 1692) was the wife of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and thus a princess of Savoy by marriage. At the death of her brother in 1641, she became Countess of Soissons in her own right, passing the titl ...
(3 May 1606 - 3 June 1692), married
Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano
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, by whom she had issue
* Charlotte Anne de Bourbon (1608–1623)
* Élisabeth de Bourbon (1610–1611)
Her husband had two illegitimate daughters by his mistress Anne Marie Bohier, with whom he had a relationship before his marriage to Anne.
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Death
Anne died on 17 June 1644 at the ''Hotel de Soissons'' in Paris
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, shortly before her 67th birthday. She was buried alongside her husband and children in the Soissons family tomb in the charterhouse of Gaillon
Gaillon () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.
History
The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans an ...
.
Her only son, Louis had been killed in battle three years earlier without having had legitimate issue; therefore, the countship of Soissons passed ''suo jure
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'' to her youngest surviving daughter, Marie, wife of the Prince of Carignano
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. The present House of Savoy are direct descendants of Anne through her daughter Marie, Princess of Carignano The ''Princess of Carignano'' was a woman married to the Prince of Carignano of the House of Savoy. The list ends with Charles Albert, in 1831, after he became King of Sardinia. But the Queens of Sardinia and later Italy used the title "Princess of ...
.
Ancestry
Notes
References
* Pére Anselm, ''Histoire des Rois de France''
* Leo van de Pas, www.Worldroots.com
* Europäische Stammtafeln ''Europäische Stammtafeln'' - German for ''European Family Trees'' - is a series of twenty-nine books which contain sets of genealogical tables of the most influential families of Medieval European history. It is a standard reference work for thos ...
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1577 births
1644 deaths
French countesses
16th-century French nobility
16th-century French women
17th-century French nobility
17th-century French women
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Countess of, Anne de Montafie
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...