Catherine Le Voyer (1571-1657), was a French court official. Kleinman, Ruth: Anne of Austria. Queen of France. . Ohio State University Press (1985) She served as the '' dame d'atour''s to the queen of France, Anne of Austria in between 1630 and 1657. She has also been known as Madame de la Flotte och Madame de Hauterive. She was the daughter of

Philibert Le Voyer Philbert Le Voyer, sieur de Lignerolles (died 1571) was a French courtier and diplomat. The name "Le Voyer" is sometimes spelled "Boyer" or "Bois". Lignerolles is in the Haut Perche in Normandy. He was the son of Jean le Voyer, seigneur de Ligner ...

, '' Seigneur'' of Lignerolles, and Anne de Rodulph, and married René du Bellay,

Baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

of la Flotte-Hauterive. She was a lady-in-waiting to

Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...

until Marie left France in 1630. In 1630, she was appointed to the office of dame d'atour in succession to Madeleine du Fargis. She was the grandmother of

Marie de Hautefort Marie de Hautefort (1616 – 1691), was a French noble and lady-in-waiting, a trusted confidante and adviser of King Louis XIII of France. They did not have a sexual relationship and she was thereby a favorite rather than a royal mistress. She w ...

, whom she introduced at court and who was appointed to be her deputy. She was a central figure in the French royal court and mentioned in contemporary memoirs.

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