(1400-1458)
Count of Vaudemont
Sire de Joinville
1418-1458
Comte d'Harcourt
Comte d'Aumale
Baron d'Elbeuf
1452-1458.
Son of: Ferry I de Lorraine & Marguerite de Joinville.
Husband of: Marie d'Harcourt (1398-1476), Comtesse d'Harcourt & d'Aumale & Baronne d'Elbeuf (1398-1476), mar 1416, daughter of Jean VII d'Harcourt & Aumale & Marie of Alençon.
"The connection of the comtes de Vaudemont with Normandy began in 1417 when Marie d'Harcourt married Antoine, comte de Vaudemont, the victor of Bulgneville. Marie's father, Jean d'Harcourt, represented the last of the direct male line of the greatest of all Norman families. On his deathbed in 1452, his lands in Normandy were divided between his two daughters, Marie and Jeanne. This was a considerable inheritance, consisting of the comtes of Harcourt and Aumale, the chätellenies of Lillebonne and Gravengon, the baronies of Brionne, Elbeuf, Saussaye and Routout and the barony of Mayenne in the Maine. Under Norman law Marie enjoyed possession of all these lands by droit d'ainesse, pending a partage. . . ." ('Ceux de Guise': The Guise Family and their Affinity in Normandy, 1550-1600)
His lovers were:
1) Isabeau de Saint Belin.
Natural offspring:
a. Pierrette de Saint Belin (d.after 1509)
2) Unnamed mistress.
2) Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
a. Jean, batard de Vaudemont (d.1509), Legitime 1488, Seigneur de Damvillers, Florennes & Perche
a. Jean, batard de Vaudemont (d.1509), Legitime 1488, Seigneur de Damvillers, Florennes & Perche
Husband of Jeanne von der Marck, mar bef 1498
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| Charles II of Lorraine Duke of Elbeuf |
(1596-1657)
Duc d'Elbeuf
1605-1657
Husband of: Catherine-Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Vendome, Legitimee de France 1596, mar 1619, illegitimate daughter of Henri IV of France & Gabrielle d'Estrees.
His lovers were:
1) Unknown mistress
a Flemish noblewoman.
Natural offspring:
a. Charlotte batarde de Lorraine-Elbeuf (d.1667), Nun at
l'Abbaye Notre Dame de Soissons
b. Elisabeth batarde de Lorraine-Elbeuf, Mademoiselle de Rochefort
c. Therese batarde de Lorraine-Elbeuf, Mademoiselle de Luigny.
2) Unnamed mistress, a commoner.
Natural offspring:
a. Charlotte batarde de Lorraine-Elbeuf (d.1667), Wife of Jacques de Bevedent.
b. Charles batard de Lorraine-Elbeuf.
Charles III of Lorraine
Duke of Elbeuf
(1620-1692)
3rd Duke of Elbeuf
1657-1692
Comte d'Harcourt 1657
Comte de Lillebonne
Comte de Rieux
Pair de France
Lieutenant-General of Government of Picardie
Governor of Montreuil.
Husband of:
1. Anne-Elisabeth de Lannoy (1626-1654), Comtesse de Lannoy, mar 1648.
2. Elisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon (1635-1680), mar 1656
3. Françoise de Montault de Navailles, Marquise de Benac (1653-1717), mar 1684.
His lovers were:
1) Anne d'Anglebermer.
Natural offspring:
1. Marie-Charlotte de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1682-?)
Legitimee, Wife of Leonor de Brevedent, Seigneur de L'Oisel, Seigneur de Betaucourt, mar 1681.
2. Anne-Elisabeth de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1688-?)
2) Unnamed mistress.
2) Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
1. Alexis de Lorraine-Elbeuf, Legitime 1673.
2. Charlotte-Marguerite de Lorraine-Elbeuf, Legitimee 1708.
3. Charles de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1645-1708), Legitime 1673, Chevalier de Quatremares; Governor of the Citadel of Mantua.
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| Bernard de Nogaret |
His lover was:
Ninon de Lartigue.
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| Charles II of Lorraine Duke of Mayenne @Wikipedia |
(1554-1611)
Duc de Mayenne
1573-1611
Husband of: Henriette de Savoie-Villars (1541-1611), Marquise de Villars, Comtesse de Tende, Comtesse de Sommerive, mar 1576, daughter of Honorat II de Savoie & Jeanne de Foix, Vicomtesse de Castillon.
Marriage to a rich heiress.
" . . . Charles married a rich heiress, Henriette de Savoie. Unusually, for a Guise it brought with it a significant inheritance in the south-west. Just as significant, the bride's father, Honorat de Savoie, promised to hand over the office of Admiral of France to his son-in-law when he died. The king was unable to prevent him doing so in 1578, thereby permitting the Guise to control three of the great offices of the crown: Admiral of France, Grand Master of the Household, which Guise had inherited from his father, and the Master of the Royal Hunt (Grand Veneur) which Claude, Duke of Aumale, passed to his eldest son, Charles. Their grip on high office was tightened in 1583 with the marriage of Charles d'Elbeuf to the daughter of the ageing Master of the King's Stables (Grand Ecuyer), who agreed to resign his post as part of the deal." (Martyrs and Murderers)
Mayenne's physical appearance & personal qualities.
" . . . Charles was four years younger than his brother and a more straightforward character, a bluff soldier whom the English ambassador found 'not so full of treachery and dissimulation'. Like his brother, Charles showed little interest in the ascetic piety that was becoming fashionable at court. Unlike his brother he was a burly man, with hands 'like shoulders of mutton', the result of overindulgence that made him fat by the time he was 30. There was a dark side to him: in 1587 he stabbed to death a servant who displeased him. . . ." (Martyrs and Murderers)
Charles de Mayenne's inheritance.
" . . . Charles received Mayenne, recently raised from a marquisate to a duchy, in the partition. Henri got the rest, but had to agree to pay all the family debts (which were considerable) and his mother's and grandmother's dowers. In addition, Charles inherited the governorship of Burgundy when his uncle Claude d'Aumale died---it had been in their continuous possession since 1543 and the Crown was in no position to refuse. . . ."
His lover was:
Perrette Loquet (d.1593)
Wife of Michel Le Tellier (d.1608), mar 1574.
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| Charles-Alexandre of Lorraine @Wikipedia |
(1712-1780)
Stattholder of Austrian Netherlands
1744-1780
Husband of: Maria Anna von Osterreich (1718-1744), mar 1744
His lovers were:
1) Regina Bartholotti von Porthenfeld.
Natural offspring:
a. Marie Regina Johanna von Merey.(1744-1779), mar 1762 Johann Ehrenreich Joseph, Freiherr von Hackelberg-Landau2) Elisabeth de Vaux.
Natural offspring:
a. Charles-Alexandre-Guillaume-Joseph de Vaux (1759-?)
3) Unnamed mistresses.
Natural offspring:
a. Charles-Frederic Wober (d.1810)
b. Anne-Francoise de Rinonville (1757-1834).
Comte de Sommerive
(1581-1609)
Son of: Charles II de Lorraine, Duc de Mayenne & Henriette de Savoie-Villars.
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| Jacqueline de Bueil Comtesse de Moret |
His lover was:
Jacqueline de Bueil, Comtesse de Moret (1588-1651)
Daughter of: Claude de Breuil & Catherine de Montecler.
Wife of:
1. Philippe de Harlay de Champvallon, Comte de Cesy, French Ambassador to Turkey, mar 1604, ann 1607.
2. Rene II Crespin du Bec, Marquis de Vardes (1585-?), Governor of La Capelle, mar 1617.
"It would appear, moreover, that the indifference was mutual, as only a short time subsequently she encouraged the assiduities of the Comte de Sommerive, from whom, according to Sully, there could be no doubt that she did actually obtain a written promise of marriage; and the King was no sooner apprised of the circumstance than he expressed, as he had previously done in the case of the Prince de Joinville, his perfect willingness to consent to the alliance, merely desiring M. de Balagny,[365] a gentleman of his household upon whom he could rely, to watch the proceedings of the lovers, and to acquaint him with every particular, should he have cause to suspect that the intentions of the Count were equivocal. M. de Sommerive, however, who soon discovered that he was an object of _espionnage_, became so much exasperated that, having on one occasion encountered the royal confidant at a convenient moment for the purpose, he drew his sword and attacked him so vigorously that his intended victim was compelled to save himself by flight." (The Life of Marie de Medici, Vol 1)
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| Claude I of Lorraine 1st Duke of Guise @Wikipedia |
(1496-1550)
1st Duc de Guise
1528-1550
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| Antoinette de Bourbon Duchess of Guise @Wikipedia |
Husband of: Antoinette de Bourbon (1493-1583), mar 1513, daughter of Francois de Bourbon, Comte de Vendome & Marie de Luxembourg.
Dowager Duchess Antoinette.
"The first generation of the Guise family came to an end in 1550. On the 2 April 1550, Antoinette wrote to 'my son, my love' to hurry to Joinville because of the 'grievous illness' of his father who was 'suffering a lot'. Five doctors, one summoned from Troyes and two from Beaune, could not save him. Claude died on 12 April 1550, surrounded by his wife, his eldest son, Francois, now aged 31, his youngest son, Rene, still a teenager, and Francois's 3-month-old baby, Henri. Antoinette had not thoughts of following her mother-in-law into a convent. As dowager Duchess of Guise, she was guaranteed a significant income and her husband's will stipulated that she would have ownership of Joinville until her death. She would rarely leave home in future; habitually dressed in mourning clothes she dedicated herself to looking after her grandchildren and the family finances. Not only was she able to pay off her husband's debt and distribute the 10,000 livres in alms he had left in his will, but she had money left over to acquire more land and repair and expand the two palaces at Joinville." (Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe)
Claude I's personal & family background.
"Of the Guises, a family so conspicuous in the subsequent History of France, a few words may be here necessary. Rene II, Duke of Lorraine, left three sons, in the line of the eldest of whom his title was continued. Claude, the second son, entering the service of Louis XII, married Antoinette of Bourbon, and, in consequence of that alliance with the Blood Royal of France, was created Duke of Guise. The third son, John, was Cardinal of Lorraine. Of Claude's six sons, Francis, the eldest, (Duke of Aumale), succeeded to his father; the second, Charles, Cardinal of Guise, assumed the title of Cardinal of Lorraine on the death of his uncle; the third, Claude, married a daughter of the Duchess of Valentinois by her husband De Breze, and became Duke of Aumale; the three others were the Cardinal of Guise, the Grand Prior and General of the Galleys of France, and the Marquis of Elboeuf. When to these dignities is added that of the Crown of Scotland, which James V shared with the sister Mary, no Family in Europe possessed more extensive influence or more lofty connections." (Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, Vol 12: 477)
The Guise patrimony.
When Claude I de Lorraine (1496-1550), comte de Guise and d'Aumale, established himself at the French court his landed interest was scattered. He installed his family seat quite naturally at Joinville in Champagne, close to the land of his birth and where he possessed many seigneuries. By the time of his death in 1550 Claude had lands in Picardy, the Ile-de France, the Maine, Provence and Normandy, in addition to those in Champagne. Claude's importance in Champagne was further enhanced by his position as governor from 1524 until 1543. Thereafter he was governor of Burgundy until his death in 1550. The small town of Guise from which the family took its patrimonial name and which was raised from
a comte to a duche-pairie in 1527 in favour of Claude, is situated in Picardy. Claude's lands in the Maine - the baronies of Mayenne, L'Abbe, La Ferte Bernard and the chatellenies of Ervee and Portmain - were erected into a marquisate in 1514. Thus Claude's landholding concerns were not confined to a single province, but were truly those of a northern and eastern French magnate." ('Ceux de Guise')
His lover was:
Daughter of President des Barres of Dijon.
Natural offspring:
a. Claude (d.1612), Abbe de Saint-Nicaise de Reims, Abbe de Cluny.
"Claude and Antoinette had a generally very happy marriage, though he was known to stray from her occasionally. Once Antoinette discovered that Claude was having an affaire with a village girl whom he met in a little hut on the edge of the estate. without mentioning the girl, she asked her husband to meet her at the same place. Embarrassed, Claude agreed only to find the hut transformed into a luxurious nest of pleasure, worthy of his ducal position. Subsequently, Claude built a little castle on the spot." (Dinastias)
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| Claude II of Lorraine Duke of Aumale @Wikipedia |
(1526-1573)
Duc d'Aumale
1550-1573
Husband of Louise de Brézé (1521-1577), mar 1547, daughter of Louis de Brézé & Diane de Poitiers
" . . . In 1547 the younger, Louise, married Claude II de Lorraine, marquis de Mayenne and duc d'Aumale from his father's death in 1550. The patronage of his mother-in-law elevated his status at court and assisted him to establish his own line." (Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: 20)
"Louise de Breze was dowered with the barony of Mauny on the Seine below Rouen, which Claude frequented in the 1550s -- the first member of his house to reside in the province since Jean de Lorraine a century earlier. Claude maintained his eastern connections notwithstanding his Norman landed interest. His residence at Mauny and later Anet were subsidiaries of the family seat at Joinville, where his children were raised by their grandmother Antoinette de Bourbon, and where Louise herself resided. Aumale was a great courtly figure who was busy outside Normandy: he was governor of Burgundy and commanded forces in the campaigns against the Habsburgs.
Territorial acquisitions of Claude II, Duc d'Aumale.
" . . . In the 1560s he began to make a conscious effort to strengthen his ties in the province. Between 1561 and 1566 the rest of the inheritance was partitioned between Aumale and their La Marck in-laws. Claude and Louise gave up Mauny in order to secure the prize of Anet with its magnificent Renaissance chateau, together with the baronies of Ivry and Garennes and the seigneuries of Breval and Montchauvet which lie on the Eure borders of Normandy and the Ile de France. The financial difficulties of their nephew Henri-Robert de La Marck, duc de Bouillon, permitted the couple to expand their share of the Breze inheritance. In 1562 they purchased the comte de Maulevrier and the barony of Bec Crespin, both in the Caux. Further land acquisitions were made in 1565 and 1567. By the late 1560s Claude was one of the greatest upper Norman landowners." (Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: 20)
His lover was:
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| Chateau de Dampierre |
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| Claude of Lorraine Duke of Chevreuse @Wikipedia |
Son of: Henri I de Lorraine, Duc de Guise & Katharina von Kleve.
Physical appearance & personal qualities.
"Like nearly all the Lorraine princes, the Duc de Chevreuse was a handsome and very distinguished-looking man ---'l'homme de la meilleur mine qu'on pouvait voir,' says Tallemant des Reaux; but he had little ability, was recklessly extravagant, and of very dissolute morals, which explains, in some measure, extenuates the irregularities of his wife." (A Fair Conspirator: 17)
Character/persona.
"The Prince de Joinville, to whom Henry likewise extended his clemency, was a young man of a different character; nothing could be more light, more whimsical, and more unsteady; he had engaged himself with bad company, among whom to be in the fashion, and to appear a man of consequence, it was necessary that he should have correspondence without the kingdom; this was sufficient to ruin him entirely. . . ." (Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime MInister to Henry the Great, Vol. 2: 290)
A life spent in pursuit of beauty.
A life spent in pursuit of beauty.
"His life had been largely spent in the pursuit of beauty. At the Court of Henry IV he had wooed the King's mistresses with ardour and fought duels about them on the slightest excuse. He once chased the Duke de Bellegarde into the royal bedchamber and ran him through the leg for some jest about Henriette d'Entragues. After that grave breach of etiquette he was invited to travel in England and there struck up a lasting friendship with his cousin, Charles Stuart, later Charles I.
Reputation as a court lover.
Reputation as a court lover.
"The first edition of Ferrand's On Lovesickness was published in Toulouse in 1610. . . The volume was dedicated to Ferrand's patron, Claude of Lorraine, the Duke of Chevreuse, a member of the powerful Guise family, and Ferrand also makes a point of praising the Duke's sister, Madame Jeanne de Lorraine, Prioress of the Monastery of Prouille. The Duke himself had a reputation as a lover at court, and the mention of his pious sister may have been a way of asserting a high moral tone. If so, it was ultimately unsuccessful. . . ." (Love in Print in the Sixteenth Century: The Popularization of Romance: 153)
Personal & family background.
Personal & family background.
"To his personal charms, Claude de Lorraine added the glamour of exalted birth. He was a member of the semi-royal House of Guise and was related to the English royal house through his aunt, Mary Queen of Scots. He was a cousin of the Duke of Lorraine and his sister was the wife of the Prince de Conti, a kinsman of Louis himself. Claude had luxurious apartments in the Louvre, immediately above those of the King. He called Marie de Medici 'Aunt' and was looked on as one of the royal family. Louis had bestowed on him the duchy of Chevreuse and, as a further mark of favour, had appointed him Grand Chamberlain of France." (The Intriguing Duchess: 48)
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Claude de Lorraine's wife Marie de Rohan.
" . . . Writing to his cousin, the Duke of Montbazon, shortly after the conclusion of peace, Rohan thus described his growing friendship with Louis XIII -- a happy circumstance which he owed to the Duke's beautiful daughter, Marie. Lively, sensual, with blue eyes and auburn hair, Marie de Rohan was one of the brightest ornaments at the court. She did not mourn Luynes long for whom she never felt any real affection. At the end of eighteen months she remarried Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse, a man twice her age, and one who enjoyed a considerable amount of influence with the King. Like all the Rohans, Marie was consumed with family pride and loyal to those of her name. She did not hesitate therefore to use her own credit and that of her new husband to reestablish Henry in the monarch's good graces." (Huguenot Warrior: The Life and Times of Henri de Rohan, 1579-1638: 109)
2) Jacqueline de Bueil (1580-1651).
3) Madame de Fervaques.
His lover was:
His lovers were:
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| Angelique Paulet @geneanet |
1) Angelique Paulet (1592-1651)
French sincer, musician & actress
"'When that great king,' says Mademoiselle de Scudery, speaking of Henry IV, 'gave what he called his heart to any belle fille or that queen's court, it was always injurious to her reputation.' And so it proved to Angelique Paulet's, though when Henry's last visit was paid to Angelique on the morning of his death, she was but in her seventeenth year. Her father is said to have been by no means unwilling to obtain lucrative and responsible posts through the favour enjoyed by his daughter, while her mother, a handsome woman of low birth, who died shortly before the assassination of the king, was so constantly engaged in intrigue, that she entirely neglected her, and gave her over from childhood to the charge of servants. Angelique at an early age became an orphan, with a disputed inheritance, of which the laws (then in a most unsatisfactory state) gave her only a portion, after some years of litigation. Madame de Rambouillet had had a great regard for her as a young girl, and desired to welcome her to her hotel; but the blemish on her reputation must first be effaced, and 'il fallait,' says a French writer, 'du temps pour la laisser purger.' During that time that she resided with the Comtesse de Clermont d'Entragues, a woman of great distinction and very high character. Under her auspices Mademoiselle Paulet was received at the Hotel de Rambouillet.
"She excelled in dancing
" . . . Among a host of others, he had affairs with Madame de Villars, the famous Angelique de Paulet. . . ." (The Intriguing Duchess: 47)
1. Noel Brulart
2. Rone Bordier
3. Henri IV de France
4. Louis II Nogaret de La Valette, Archbishop of Toulouse
5. Damoiseau Dubois
6. M. Bodeau
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| Jacqueline de Bueil Comtesse de Moret |
Countess of Moret 1605.
"Madame de Moret had long been attached to the Prince de Joinville; who, young, reckless, and impetuous, returned her passion, and scarcely made any effort to conceal his rivalry with the monarch. Courtiers have, moreover, sharp eyes, and it was not long ere the King was apprised of the intrigue. Bassompierre relates that he hastened to warn the imprudent lovers of their danger, but that believing him to have some personal motive for his interference, they disregarded the caution; and the fact of their mutual passion at length became so well authenticated, that Henry, whose pride rather than his heart was wounded by the levity of the Countess, reproached her in the most insulting terms with her misconduct. Madame de Moret did not attempt to deny her attachment to the Prince, but excused herself by reminding the monarch that, honoured as she was by his preference, she could not forget that she was merely his mistress, and could anticipate no higher destiny, while M. de Joinville was prepared to make her his wife. 'In that case, Madame,' said the King, 'you are forgiven. I can permit my subjects to espouse my mistresses, but I cannot allow them to play the gallants to those ladies whom I have distinguished by my own favour. You shall not be disappointed in your expectations, and this marriage shall have my sanction without delay.'It can scarcely be doubted that this ready assent must have been no slight mortification to the vanity of Madame de Moret, while it is equally certain that it was perfectly sincere on the part of the King, although from a cause altogether independent of the Countess herself. In fact, the Prince de Joinville having previously rendered himself obnoxious to the monarch by his marked attentions to the Marquise de Verneuil, the latter was anxious to see him married, and thus to rid himself of a dangerous rival. Such an alliance must, moreover, as he at once felt, deeply wound the pride of the Guises, whom it was his interest to humble by every means in his power; and accordingly he hastened upon leaving Madame de Moret to summon the young Prince to his presence, and to insist upon the fulfilment of his promise." (The Life of Marie de Medici, Vol 1)
3) Madame de Fervaques.
" . . . Among a host of others, he had affairs with . . . the elderly Madame de Fervaques, who allowed him to spend her vast fortune in exchange for his favours. . . ." (The Intriguing Duchess: 47)
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| Henri I of Lorraine 3rd Duke of Guise @Wikipedia |
(1550-1588)
3rd Duc de Guise
1563-1588
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| Catherine of Cleves Duchess of Guise @Wikipedia |
Husband of Catherine de Cleves (1548-1633), Comtesse d'Eu, 1564-1633, mar 1570, daughter of Francois de Cleves, Duc de Nevers & Marguerite de Bourbon
" . . . In 1570 Henri married Catherine de Cleves, comtesse d'Eu thereby confirming his family as the most important non-royal landowners in Normandy. Eu was, after the royal duchy of Alencon, the most valuable and prestigious lordship in Normandy; its elevation to the pairie dates back to 1458. It was the most important territory in his possession, accounting for one-quarter of all landed income. The duke had an affection for Eu and after his visit in 1578 he decided to build a magnificent new residence." (Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: 27)
" . . . She had a widely publicised affair with a young nobleman, Saint-Mégrin, who was killed by her husband. The event is dramatised in the Alexandre Dumas play Henri III et sa cour (1829)." (Wikipedia)
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| Henri I of Lorraine 3rd Duke of Guise |
Physical appearance & personal qualities.
"At the age of 25, court gossip had it that Henri de Guise would amount to little more than a gallant. It was an image sustained by his good looks. The Venetian ambassador described him as 'the same age as the king [in fact he was a year older], but taller and better built; his figure majestic, sharp-eyed with curly blond hair, a blond wispy beard . . . no one knows how to resist him in fencing'. . . ." (Martyrs and Murderers)
" . . . Guise was more refined than Navarre---even his enemies acknowledged his courtesy. He spoke Italian and German, which was essential, as his retinue was as cosmopolitan as his father's He did not stand on ceremony with his social inferiors and his affability was buttressed by a sense of humour. . . ." (Martyrs and Murderers)
His lover was:
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| Charlotte de Sauve @Wikipedia |
Son of: Henri de Lorraine (1570-1600), Comte de Chaligny, Marquis de Moy & Claude de Moy, Marquise de Moy, Comtesse de Cerny (1572-1627), mar 1585
His lover was:
Natural offspring:
(1661-1748)
Husband of: Anne-Charlotte de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1660-1729), mar 1677
His lover was:
Francoise Gaillard de Marsilly.
Daughter of Pierre, Bourgeois de Lyon & Marie Pichon.
Natural offspring:
a. Henri-Francois de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1702-1748)
a.k.a. Henri-Francois de Routot, Henri de Routot batard d'Elbeuf.
b. Alexandre-Francois de Lorraine-Elbeuf (1703-1716); A;so known as Alexandre-Francois de Groslay, batard d'Elbeuf.
a.k.a. Louis de Lorraine-Harcourt-Armagnac.
Count of Armagnac, Count of Charny, Count of Brionne, Viscount of Marsan
Knight of the Order of King, Master of the Horse, Seneschal of Bourgogne, Governor of Anjou.
Son of: Henri I de Lorraine, Comte d'Armagnac & Marguerite Philippe du Cambout.
Husband of: Catherine de Neufville, 14 children.
His lover was:
Julie d'Aubigny (1670-1707).
French opera singer & swords-woman
Lover in 1673.
a.k.a. Mademoiselle Maupin, La Maupin.
Wife of: Sieur de Maupin of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Personal & Family Background: " . . . Julie d'Aubigny, known as La Maupin, was the daughter of Gaston d'Aubigny, secretary of the Comte d'Armagnac, grand ecuyer de France, whose mistress she became although she was married off to an obscure M. Maupin. . . ." (Jeffares)
" . . . At the age of fourteen or fifteen, she turned her wiles on the one man her father could not refuse -- his employer, the Comte d'Armagnac. As seems to be ever the case with her, she was victorious and captured the count's heart, and through him found her introduction to the Court and the town." (Burrows)[Bio2] [Ref1] [lamaupin.com] [Fam1] [Fam2] [Gen1] [Ref1:96] [Burrows]
Princesse de Colonna.
" . . . At the age of fourteen or fifteen, she turned her wiles on the one man her father could not refuse -- his employer, the Comte d'Armagnac. As seems to be ever the case with her, she was victorious and captured the count's heart, and through him found her introduction to the Court and the town." (Burrows)[Bio2] [Ref1] [lamaupin.com] [Fam1] [Fam2] [Gen1] [Ref1:96] [Burrows]
Keeping Appearances Up: "In order to camouflage their affair, the Count arranged to marry her off to a M. Maupin from Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Shielded by the marriage, their affair continued for a while, no more than another year, before the eager young Julie became too much for the Count to handle. Eventually, the Count ended the affair. Soon her husband was offered an administrative position overseeing the taxes in the provinces. Some sources suggest that it was at her instigation, others the Count, perhaps in hopes of escaping her, and still others that it was M. Maupin's friends. The Count seems to have been of the impression that madame would accompany her husband out to the country, but she informed him that the position was too meager to support them both and stayed in Paris." (Burrows)
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His lovers were:
1) Philippe I d'Orleans (1640-1701)
Lover in 1668-1701.
"Philippe's infatuation with the handsome Chevalier de Lorraine was to become perhaps the most significant love affair he ever had and the two men quickly became inseparable, with the Chevalier accompying the counple wherever they went, much to Henrietta's discomfort. He had always been extremely insolent towards her but now he became absolutely hostile, making no effort to hide his fatred of her and even encouraging Philippe to be rude to her face, whereas before he had always treated his wife with at least some semblance of courtesy and respect. This was all rather easier to bear when they were residing in their Parisian residence, the Palais Royal, where at least she had her mother and friends nearby for support, but when they travelled to stay at one of their country residences, she had very few people around her that she could trust and consequently felt extremely isolated and less able to defend herself agfainst the Chevalier's sly and bullying behaviour. . . ." (The Life of Henrietta Anne)
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| Louise-Elisabeth de Rouxel |
Lover in 1670.
Daughter of: Jacques III de Rouxel, Comte de Grancey, Marshal of France & Charlotte de Mornay-Villarceaux.
"Madame de Grancey was one of the most foolish women in the world. She was very handsome at the time of my arrival in France, and her figure was as good as her face; besides, she was not so much disregarded by others as by my husband; for, before the Chevalier de Lorraine became her lover, she had had a child. I knew well that nothing had passed between Monsieur and Grancey, and I was never jealous of them. . . The Chevalier de Lorraine, upon his return from Rome, became her declared lover. It was through his contrivance, and those of D'Effiat, that she was brought into the house of Monsieur, who really cared nothing about her. Her continued solicitations and the behaviour of the Chevalier de Lorraine had so much disgusted Monsieur, that if he had lived he would have got rid of them both." (Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of the Regency: 148)
"Though unmarried, she was called Madame because she had been mistress of the robes to Maria Louisa of Orleans, Queen of Spain. 'She had been extremely fashionable,' says St. Simon, 'and much addicted to gallantry; and had long governed the Palais Royal, under the barren title of mistress of Monsieur; but she really governed by the absolute power she could always have over the Chevalier de Lorraine,' Madame takes malicious pleasure in recording that La Grancey became very ugly in her old age, and that she bewailed having lost the power of enjoying her usual pleasures. When dying, she is said to have exclaimed, 'O God, must I die---I who through life never thought of death?'" (Memoirs of the House of Orleans: 143)
"According to Madame de Sévigné an uncle of Louise-Élisabeth's made it very clear to Louis XIV that she was available to the king if he wished it which the king refused. Louise-Élisabeth was said to have been furious at her uncle's boldness indicating that she did not instigate the advance. She had previously been the mistress of the Chevalier de Lorraine which Madame de Montespan used as a weapon to make sure that the king would never go near her." (This is Versailles)
Lover in 1670?
Natural offspring:
a. Alexandre batard de Lorraine (1670?-1724)
Chevalier de Beauvernois
Duchesse d'Orleans.
"Among them was the fifteen-year-old comte de Vermandois, Louis's son by Louise de la Valliere. A strikingly beautiful boy, the boy had been legitimized and destined for high office, but when another, young, handsome, and popular prince of the blood, the prince of Conti, joined, Louis became aware of the group and moved angrily to punish its members. Vermandois was whipped in the royal presence and exiled. Conti permanently lost favor. The king's wrath descended also on the prince de Turenne, the marquis de Crequi, the chevalier de Sainte-Maure, the chevalier de Mailly, the comte de Roucy, the vidame de Laon, and the comte de Marsan, all of whom were sent into exile." (Homosexuality and Civilization: 340)
6) Marie Mancini.
"Then came the infamous Chevalier de Lorraine, banished from France in spite of the discreditable tears of Monsieur, Louis XIV's brother. . . ." (The Living Age, Vol 187: 478)
"Rather than a severe punishment, the Chevalier de Lorraine apparently had a grand time in Rome, conducting an affair with Louis XIV’s former mistress Marie Mancini, according to evidence presented in a recent work by Goldsmith 2012, pp. 89–91. By Marie’s own account, the Chevalier remained in Rome for his two years of exile mostly because of the exciting society that was continually in attendance at the Palazzo Colonna, “the throng of elegant society”. (The Chevalier de Lorraine as “Maître en Titre”)
7) Mademoiselle du Bois de Fiennes.
" . . . In the end, it was the Chevalier's clandestine relationship with Henrietta's maid of honour Mademoiselle du Bois de Fiennes that brought about Cosnac's downfall. When Philippe found out about this affair, he reacted with predictable fury and immediately dismissed the girl from his wife's serve and threw her out of the Palais Royal. In her haste to be gone, Mademoiselle du Bois de Fiennes left behind a casket stuffed full of her love letters from the Chevalier, which quickly made its way into Henrietta's hands. Cosnac apparently stayed up all night reading the letters, which contained many unflattering remarkes about both Henrietta and Philippe, before selecting the most incriminating to be shown to the king and returning the rest to Mademoiselle du Bois de Fiennes. When she realised that some of the letters were missing, she immediately alerted the Chevalier of their loss and he, in turn, went to Philippe, pre-emptively informing him that Cosnac was planning to cause trouble for them with Louis and insisting that he be dismissed at once, a request that Philippe ws only too pleased to grant." (The Life of Henrietta Anne)
(1536-1566)
Marquis d'Elbeuf
1554-1566
Husband of: Louise de Rieux (1531-1570), Comtesse d'Harcourt, Dame de Rieux, mar 1555, maid of honour of Mary of Scotland, Queen of France, daughter of Claude de Rieux & Suzanne de Bourbon-Montpensier.
His lover was:
Unnamed mistress
a Scottish lady.
Natural offspring:
a. Rene, Batard d'Elbeuf (1559-1629), Seigneur de Beaumesnil, mar Isabelle de Lormeau.
References.
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