Marie Claire de Bauffremont (July 11 , 1618– July 29 , 1680) was a French courtier. She served as ''

Première dame d'honneur ''Première dame d'honneur'' ('first lady of honour'), or simply ''dame d'honneur'' ('lady of honour'), was an office at the royal court of France. It existed in nearly all French courts from the 16th-century onward. Though the tasks of the post ...

'' to the queen dowager of France,

Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 unti ...

, from 1643 until 1666. She was the daughter of Henri de Bauffremont, marquise de Senecey, and

Marie-Catherine de Senecey Marie-Catherine de Senecey, née ''de La Rochefoucauld-Randan'' (1588–1677) was a French courtier. She served as ''Première dame d'honneur'' to the queen of France, Anne of Austria, from 1626 until 1638, and royal governess to king Louis XIV of ...

, and married to Jean Baptiste Gaston de Foix, comte de Fleix (1617–1646), in 1637. Her mother was a favorite of queen Anne who had been banished from court by

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ...

, and when queen Anne became regent in 1643, she appointed Marie-Catherine de Senecey royal governess and her daughter to the office of ''

''. By the request of her mother, she inherited the title duchess de Randan after her. She also inherited the title marquise de Sennecey after her childless brother in 1641.

References

* Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Courcelles,
HISTOIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE ET HÉRALDIQUE DES PAIRS DE FRANCE, DES GRANDS
' * François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois,Badier,
Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire ..., Volym 8
' * Kleinman, Ruth: Anne of Austria. Queen of France. . Ohio State University Press (1985) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleix, Marie-Claire de 1618 births 1680 deaths 17th-century French women French ladies-in-waiting Household of Anne of Austria French countesses by marriage