Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (11 November 1596 – 20 June 1663) was an illegitimate daughter of

King Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

and his long-term ''

maîtresse en titre ''Maîtresse'' (French for "mistress" or "teacher") is a 1975 French sex comedy film co-written and directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Bulle Ogier and, in one of his earliest leading roles, Gérard Depardieu. The film provoked controversy i ...

Gabrielle d'Estrées Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux (; 157310 April 1599) was a mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry IV of France. She persuaded Henry to renounce Protestantism in favour of Catholicism in 1593. L ...

. She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise.

Issue

Charles III of Elbeuf Charles III (1620 – 4 May 1692) was the third Duke of Elbeuf and member of the House of Lorraine. He succeeded his father Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, to the Duchy-Peerage of Elbeuf. His mother was an illegitimate daughter of Henry IV of France ...

(1620–4 May 1692) *Henri (1622–3 April 1648) never married; Abbot of Hombieres * François Louis, Count of Harcourt (1623–27 June 1694), married and had issue; * François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne (4 April 1624 – 19 January 1694); married and had issue *Catherine (1626–1645); married Anthoine Basset and had issue, died in childbirth *Marie Marguerite (1629–7 August 1679) known as ''Mademoiselle d'Elboeuf''; died unmarried and childless

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