Marie-Angélique Charlotte, Marquise de Bombelles (née de Mackau; 1762– 29 September 1800), was a French court office holder and letter writer. She was

maid of honour A maid of honour is a junior attendant of a queen in royal households. The position was and is junior to the lady-in-waiting. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts. Tudors and Stuarts Traditi ...

and a personal friend and confidante of

Élisabeth of France (1764–1794) Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène; 3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a Fils de France, French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Da ...

, and known in history for her correspondence with her, which is preserved. Her mother Angélique de Mackau and both Angélique and her sister Renée de Soucy were governesses to the royal children.

Life

She was the daughter of Baron Louis Eléonor Dirkheim de Mackau (1727–1767) and Marie-Angélique de Mackau, and the sister of Renée Suzanne de Soucy (1758–1841) and Armand Louis de Mackau (1759–1827). She married her cousin, the diplomat

Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles (8 October 1744 – 5 March 1822) was a French diplomat and ecclesiastic. He was a son of Henri François de Bombelles, tutor and guardian of the duke of Orleans. Biography He was born at Bitsch in Lorraine, an ...

in 1778, and became the mother of

Louis Philippe de Bombelles Louis Philippe de Bombelles (; 1 July 17807 July 1843) was an Austrian count and diplomat. Early life Born in 1780 in Regensburg, he was a member of the noble Bombelles family. He was the son of the French nobleman Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombe ...

, Charles-René de Bombelles and . Her mother served as ''sous gouvernante'' (

governess A governess is a woman employed as a private tutor, who teaches and trains a child or children in their home. A governess often lives in the same residence as the children she is teaching; depending on terms of their employment, they may or ma ...

) to the royal children, and she herself was a playmate of Élisabeth of France during her childhood and then maid-of-honour prior to her marriage. She was a close personal friend and confidante of Élisabeth, and their correspondence is considered a valuable source of the life of the princess.Maxwell-Scott, Mary Monica,
Madame Elizabeth de France, 1764-1794
', London : E. Arnold, 1908 Marie-Angélique de Bombelles emigrated after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.

Children

(1 July 1780 – 7 July 1843) # Bitche de Bombelles (4 March 1783 – 17 October 1805), died in the

Battle of Ulm The Battle of Ulm on 16–19 October 1805 was a series of skirmishes, at the end of the Ulm Campaign, which allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich with minimal losses and to f ...

aged 22. # Charles René de Bombelles (6 November 1785 – 30 May 1856), who married

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Marie Louise (Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Theresia Josepha Lucia; 12 December 1791 – 17 December 1847) was Duchess of Parma from 11 April 1814 until her death in 1847. She was Napoleon's second wife and as such Empress of the French a ...

. # Henri François de Bombelles (26 June 1789 – 31 March 1850) # Caroline Antoinette de Bombelles (1 March 1794 – 6 March 1861), married Jean Marie de Biaudos de Casteja # Victor de Bombelles (1 June 1796 – 29 June 1815), died aged 19. # Armand de Bombelles (1800, stillborn)

References

* Marc Marie, marquis de Bombelles (1744-1822), et Angélique, marquise de Bombelles (1762-1800), Que je suis heureuse d'être ta femme : Lettres intimes, Evelyne Lever, Editions Tallandier, Paris, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bombelles, Marie-Angélique de 1762 births 1800 deaths 18th-century French letter writers French women letter writers French ladies-in-waiting 18th-century French women writers French marchionesses De Bombelles family