Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier, (12 May 1573 – 27 February 1608) was Dauphin of Auvergne,

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, Sovereign Prince of the

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and Lord of

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. Henri was born at

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, the son of François de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier, and of his wife Renée d'Anjou, ''marquise de Mézières''. On 15 May 1597, Henri married Henriette Catherine, daughter of Henri de Joyeuse and Catherine de Nogaret. They had: *

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier Marie de Bourbon (15 October 1605 – 4 June 1627), Duchess of Montpensier, and Duchess of Orléans by marriage, was a French noblewoman and one of the last members of the House of Bourbon-Montpensier. Her parents were Henri de Bourbon, ''Du ...

(15 October 1605 – 4 June 1627); married

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and was the mother of ''

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'' (with Marie dying as a result of complications from the birth of her daughter). Her daughter never married and died childless in 1693 and thus Marie has no surviving descendants today.

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