Claudine de La Tour-Turenne (1520–1591) was a lady-in-waiting of

Marguerite de Valois Margaret of Valois (french: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as La Reine Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre and then also Queen of France ...

(1553–1615), the spouse of the French king

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(1553–1610). By birth, she was member of the

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Early life

She was born in 1520 as the eldest child of François II de la Tour, Vicomte de Turenne (1497-1532) and his second wife Anne de La Tour de Boulogne, Dame de Montgascon (1492-1530).

Marriage

On October 31, 1535, Claudine married, at the age of 15, Justus II, ''

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'' of Tournon and

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of Roussillon (1510–1557). They had a son and a number of daughters: * Just Louis IV de Tournon, Count de Roussillon, Baron de Durteil (d. 1617), married Madeleine de La Rochefoucauld. They had two daughters: ** Madeleine; married to Gaspard d'Alègre, Seigneur de Beauvoir; no issue ** Francoise (b. 1621); married to Gaspard de Polignac, Vicomte de Polignac, Marquis de Chalencon (1579-1659). They were ancestors of

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and House of Monaco. * Claudine de Tournon-Roussillon (d. 1586), married Philibert de Rye, Count de Varax (d. 1597). They had at least six children: ** Claude de Rye, baron of Balançon, appointed ''gentilhombre de la cámara'' to the Cardinal-Infant on 2 May 1635, married Claudine-Prospère de la Baume; daughters Madeleine and Eléonore were ladies-in-waiting to Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Netherlands. ** François de Rye, '' sumilher da cortina'' of the archdukes in 1606. ** Christophe de Rye de La Palud, Count de Varax (d. 1637); married Eleonore de Chabot (1570-1618); had issue. ** Anne-Marguerite de Rye, married Guillaume de Richardot, baron of

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and later count of

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. ** Antoinette de Rye, married Gaspar, the uncle of Ferdinand le Blanc d'Andelot ** Alexandrine de Rye (1589-1666); married Count Leonhard II von Taxis (1594-1628). They were progenitors of the

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. *Hélène de Tournon, a maid of honour to Margeruite de Valois; died of a sudden illness as Marguerite and her retinue were traveling by boat through the

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of Liège.

Legacy

It has been suggested that the references to "bright queen Margot" and "Claudine" in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel

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are references to Claudine, mother for a large family and widowed at 37, and Marguerite.

References

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