Charlotte de La Marck (5 November 1574 – 15 May 1594) was a ruling Princess of Sedan and a

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in her own right between 1588 and 1594.Pierre Congar, Jean Lecaillon et Jacques Rousseau, Sedan et le pays sedanais, vingt siècles d’histoire, Éditions F.E.R.N., 1969, 577 p.. Her titles and the principality of Sedan passed in to the

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through her marriage without issue.

Biography

The last surviving child of Henri-Robert de la Marck Duke of Bouillon and Françoise de Bourbon. She was a member of the

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. Her older brother Guillaume-Robert died without surviving issue, and as such, Charlotte became the heiress to the Duchy of Bouillon, the

Principality of Sedan The Principality of Sedan (French: ''Principauté de Sedan'') was an independent Protestant state centered on the Château de Sedan (now the city of Sedan) in the Ardennes. It was ruled by the Prince of Sedan (''prince de Sedan''), who belong ...

and various other titles in 1588. Her marriage was arranged by King

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himself. Her husband was the son of the Viscount of Turenne and Eléonore de Montmorency, daughter of Anne de Montmorency. The couple were married on 19 November 1591. Upon marriage, her spouse became her co-ruler and shared her titles. She died giving birth to a son who died the very same day. Charlotte herself died a week after. She was buried at the Church of Saint-Laurent in Sedan. Her husband later claimed the Duchy of Bouillon as his own and in 1676, his grand son

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (21 June 1636 – 26 July 1721) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of the most important families in France at the time. He married Marie Anne Manci ...

officially received Bouillon and Sedan. The Bouillon line of the House of La Marck died out with Charlotte.

Ancestry

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