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| Anne de Montmorency Duc de Montmorency @Wikipedia |
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| Anne de Pisseleu Duchess of Etampes @Wikipedia |
His lover was:
Anne de Pisseleu, Duchesse d'Etampes (1508-1580)
French aristocrat & royal mistress
Also known as:
Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly
Anne d'Heilly.
Daughter of: Guillaume d'Heilly, Seigneur de Pisseleu.
Wife of: Jean de Brosse, Comte de Penthievre, Duc d'Etampes 1536, Governor of Bourbonnais, Governor of Auvergne, mar 1534.
"Anne de Pisseleu, afterwards created duchess d'Etampes, was daughter to William Pisseleu, Seigneur de Heilly. She was born about the year 1508, and received the most finished education which the age permitted. Having been admitted into the service of Louisa of Savoy, Francis's mother, during the king's imprisonment in Spain; she accompanied the regent to Bayonne, where Francis first saw, and became enamoured of her. The immediate consequence of his attachment to his new mistress, was the cessation of his intercourse with the Countess of Chateau-Briant; to whom, previous to his capture, he had been long attached.---The king, in the following year, 1527, gave Mademoiselle de Heilly in marriage to John de Brosse; whose father Rene had been an accomplice in the revolt and flight of the Constable of Bourbon, and who was killed at the battle of Pavia.---The confiscated estates of the family, were all restored to John de Brosse; and the king, besides creating him duke d'Estampes, conferred on him the order of St. Michael, and made him governor or Bretagne.---His marriage, which was merely a ceremony, did not prevent the duchess d'Estampes from openly occupying the first place in the affections and favor of the king, during the remainder of his reign... The rivalry, and mutual animosity, which took place between the duchess d'Estampes and Diana de Poitiers, who was mistress to the Dauphin Henry, afterwards Henry the second; embittered and disgraced the last years of the reign of Francis the first. In historical celebrity, the duchess d'Estampes never attained to the same elevation, as Agnes Soreille, her predecessor, the mistress of Charles the seventh, has done; nor to that which was enjoyed by Gabrielle d'Estrees, the mistress of Henry the fourth." (Wraxall, 1807, p. 357)
Physical Traits & Personal Qualities.
" . . . Anne was a beauty whose looks corresponded to the standards of the day... Blonde, blue-eyed, and renowned for charm, vivacity, and wit, she was conventionally extolled by her contemporaries as 'the most beautiful of the learned women and the most learned of the beautiful women'. . . ." (Wellman: 170)
" . . . Anne was a beauty whose looks corresponded to the standards of the day... Blonde, blue-eyed, and renowned for charm, vivacity, and wit, she was conventionally extolled by her contemporaries as 'the most beautiful of the learned women and the most learned of the beautiful women'. . . ." (Wellman: 170)
" . . . Having jilted Madame de Chateaubriant, who fell victim to her husband's cruel vengeance, Francis took as his mistress Anne de Pisseleu, one of his mother's ladies in waiting. But first he married her off to Jean de Brosse comte d'Etampes, one of Bourbon's accomplices, who complied with the king's wish in order to recover his confiscated lands. Madame d'Etampes now became the supreme dispenser of favours and disfavours. She also deceived the king by having affairs with the comte de Brissac, the Constable of Montmorency, Admiral Chabot and the comte de Longueval. In 1539 she planned to take the Emperor prisoner during his visit to the French court, but he won her over by dropping a large diamond at her feet. Thereafter she was an imperialist, and during the war of 1544 she and Longueval tricked the heroic garrison of Saint-Dizier into capitulating to Charles V. Yet she retained her credit with Francis, although he was aware of her treasonable intrigues. . . ." (Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I: 557)
The other lovers of Anne de Pisseleu, Duchesse d'Etampes
The other lovers of Anne de Pisseleu, Duchesse d'Etampes
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| Charles I de Cosse Comte de Brissac @Wikipedia |
French courtier, soldier & diplomat.
2) Etienne Dolet.
"There was a new scandal at court: Anne d'Etampes took a lover, Etienne Dolet. The King was such a puppet that he ignored the inappropriate behavior of his mistress. Perhaps he thought her behavior was justified. . . ." (Beck: 256)
"Etienne Dolet was executed on August 5, on Place Maubert in Paris. It was his thirty-seventh birthday. He was a Huguenot and a murderer, but was previously pardoned by the King at the urging of Anne d'Etampes. Once the King discovered that Dolet was Anne's lover, he had him burned at the stake." (Beck: 260)
3) Nicolas Bossut, Comte de Longueval.
Superintendent of finance for Francois I of France
Governor of Champagne & Brie.
4) Philippe de Chabot.
Seigneur de Brion, Comte de Charnay, Comte de Buzancais, French admiral.
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| François de Montmorency |
(1530-1579)
2nd Duke of Montmorency 1567, Count of Dammartin, Baron of Chateaubriant and Lord of l'Isle-Adam. Grand Master of France 1558-1559, Marshal of France 1559, Governor of Paris & Ile de France and Peer of France
Husband of Diane de France (1538-1619), Duchesse d'Angouleme 1582, natural daughter of Henry II of France & Filippa Duc, mar 1559.
"She was first married to the Duc de Castro, of the house of Farnese, who was killed at the assault at Hesdin; secondly, to M. de Montmorency, who made some difficulty in the beginning, having promised to marry Mlle. de Pienne, one of the queen’s maids of honour, a beautiful and virtuous girl; but to obey a father who was angry and threatened to disinherit him, he obtained his release from his first promise and married Madame Diane. He lost nothing by the change, though the said Pienne came from one of the greatest families in France, and was one of the most beautiful, virtuous, and wise ladies of the Court, whom Madame Diane loved, and has always loved without any jealousy of her past affections with her husband. She knows how to control herself, for she is very intelligent and of good understanding. The kings, her brothers, and Monsieur loved her much, and so did the queens and duchesses, her sisters, for she never shamed them, being so perfect in all things." (The Book of the Ladies)
""Francois de Montmorency, the son and successor of the Constable Anne, and, together with his father, a Knight of the Garter, among the very few foreign noblemen who have enjoyed that honorary titled; but the combat of his affections and ambition, or obedience to his father, who compelled him to repudiate the wife of his choice and love,; Jeanne de Halluin, demoiselle de Pienne,' in order to espouse the daughter of Henry II and Dianne de Poitiers, widow of Ercule Farnese, has shed around his name an interest beyond his public history. . . He died without issue in 1579." (The Gentleman's Magazine: 29)
"She was first married to the Duc de Castro, of the house of Farnese, who was killed at the assault at Hesdin; secondly, to M. de Montmorency, who made some difficulty in the beginning, having promised to marry Mlle. de Pienne, one of the queen’s maids of honour, a beautiful and virtuous girl; but to obey a father who was angry and threatened to disinherit him, he obtained his release from his first promise and married Madame Diane. He lost nothing by the change, though the said Pienne came from one of the greatest families in France, and was one of the most beautiful, virtuous, and wise ladies of the Court, whom Madame Diane loved, and has always loved without any jealousy of her past affections with her husband. She knows how to control herself, for she is very intelligent and of good understanding. The kings, her brothers, and Monsieur loved her much, and so did the queens and duchesses, her sisters, for she never shamed them, being so perfect in all things." (The Book of the Ladies)
""Francois de Montmorency, the son and successor of the Constable Anne, and, together with his father, a Knight of the Garter, among the very few foreign noblemen who have enjoyed that honorary titled; but the combat of his affections and ambition, or obedience to his father, who compelled him to repudiate the wife of his choice and love,; Jeanne de Halluin, demoiselle de Pienne,' in order to espouse the daughter of Henry II and Dianne de Poitiers, widow of Ercule Farnese, has shed around his name an interest beyond his public history. . . He died without issue in 1579." (The Gentleman's Magazine: 29)
Jeanne de Piennes (1536-?)
Lover in 1550.
Also known as:
Lover in 1550.
Also known as:
Jeanne d'Halluin.
Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine de' Medici
Daughter of Antoine de Halwin, Seigneur de Piennes & Maignelay & Louise de Crevecoeur
Wife of:
1. Francois, Duc de Montmorency, mar 1556
2. Robert Janot dit la Chapelle
First encounter & clandestine marriage.
"Around 1550 Francois de Montmorency, eldest son of the constable, fell in love with Jeanne de Piennes. Jeanne was of impeccable aristocratic lineage but lacked the vital ingredient the constable wished for his progeny: princely blood. The constable was at the height of his favour and in 1556 the king agreed to his request for the hand of the king's sister Diane for his eldest son. The dowry included 100,000 livres in cash and a promise of the office of grand master of the king's household. On the eve of a magnificent festival to announce the event the king was informed that Francois had already married Piennes, a blow to royal prestige as well as to paternal authority. At first, the constable thought the promise easily annulled by papal dispensation; but the son soon made it clear that it had been consummated, and his intention was to meet his obligation. After being interrogated Jeanne was confined to the convent of the Filles-Dieu, a prison-like refuge for women of loose morals. Francois was ordered to Rome to obtain a dissolution, but the process was soon mired in dynastic politics. In order to encourage his son's efforts and to protect his lineage, the constable obtained from the king the celebrated edict disinheriting contractors of clandestine marriages. Francois, aged 26, was conveniently transformed into a minor. Realizing where his interest lay, Francois formally broke his promise and Jeanne came under renewed pressure. Nevertheless Paul IV refused to dissolve the union. The only way round the problem was to invent the fiction that the marriage had not been agreed in good faith and concocted only in order to dupe the constable into giving his assent." (Blood and Violence in Early Modern France: 235)
1. Francois, Duc de Montmorency, mar 1556
2. Robert Janot dit la Chapelle
First encounter & clandestine marriage.
"Around 1550 Francois de Montmorency, eldest son of the constable, fell in love with Jeanne de Piennes. Jeanne was of impeccable aristocratic lineage but lacked the vital ingredient the constable wished for his progeny: princely blood. The constable was at the height of his favour and in 1556 the king agreed to his request for the hand of the king's sister Diane for his eldest son. The dowry included 100,000 livres in cash and a promise of the office of grand master of the king's household. On the eve of a magnificent festival to announce the event the king was informed that Francois had already married Piennes, a blow to royal prestige as well as to paternal authority. At first, the constable thought the promise easily annulled by papal dispensation; but the son soon made it clear that it had been consummated, and his intention was to meet his obligation. After being interrogated Jeanne was confined to the convent of the Filles-Dieu, a prison-like refuge for women of loose morals. Francois was ordered to Rome to obtain a dissolution, but the process was soon mired in dynastic politics. In order to encourage his son's efforts and to protect his lineage, the constable obtained from the king the celebrated edict disinheriting contractors of clandestine marriages. Francois, aged 26, was conveniently transformed into a minor. Realizing where his interest lay, Francois formally broke his promise and Jeanne came under renewed pressure. Nevertheless Paul IV refused to dissolve the union. The only way round the problem was to invent the fiction that the marriage had not been agreed in good faith and concocted only in order to dupe the constable into giving his assent." (Blood and Violence in Early Modern France: 235)
". . . French law would. . . move towards the spirit of the Tridentine marriage regulations after the scandalous case in 1556 of Francois de Montmorency and Jeanne de Piennes. Francois's father, the Constable Anne de Montmorency, Henri II's most trusted adviser, had arranged for his son to marry the king's daughter until Francois admitted to having already secretly married his lover, Jeanne de Piennes. . . . " (McIlvenna)
Physical appearance & personal qualities.
" . . . François de Montmorency already loved Jeanne de Piennes, the maid of honor to Queen Catherine de Medici, and was paid back. Jeanne de Piennes was the fifth child of Antoine de Halwin, lord of Piennes and Maignelay, knight of the order of Saint-Michel, captain of fifty men-at-arms and grand louvetier [wolf catcher] of France, and Louise de Crèvecœur, first widow of Guillaume Gouffier, lord of Bonnivet, admiral of France. By birth, Jeanne was worthy of all the lords of the court. Her beauty was equal to her birth. Brantome, who knew her, said she was as beautiful, as honest and as accomplished as it was in France, and as good a house; farther on, he describes her as beautiful and honest (of France), and who had at that time repudiated so high and great parties; further on, at last, a beautiful and happy girl." [Google translation from French original] (mediterranee-antique)
"Jeanne de Halluin de Pienne, maid of honor to Catherine de Medici, was passionately loved by Francis de Montmorency, the eldest son of the celebrated Constable of France, and one of the most elegant and accomplished young noblemen of the court of Henry II. The lady, who, says the chronicler, 'was of high birth, beautiful and virtuous,' was just entering on womanhood, and seems to have ardently reciprocated the passion of her lover, then in the twenty-first year of his age, and he made her a formal promise of marriage, concealing the engagement, however, from his parents, whose opposition he feared. Whether or not they would, under any circumstances, have consented to the union is doubtful; for although Mlle. de Pienne was of good descent, she was not equal in rank to the heir of the Montmorency's; but, after the secret engagement had lasted nearly six years, King Henry II formed the design of marrying his natural daughter, Diana, of France, widow of the Duke of Castro, to the son and heir of his favorite, the Constable; and the prospect of this brilliant alliance blinded the old courtier to all considerations save those of interest and ambition. . . ." (The Galaxy, Vol 3: 625)
" . . . François de Montmorency already loved Jeanne de Piennes, the maid of honor to Queen Catherine de Medici, and was paid back. Jeanne de Piennes was the fifth child of Antoine de Halwin, lord of Piennes and Maignelay, knight of the order of Saint-Michel, captain of fifty men-at-arms and grand louvetier [wolf catcher] of France, and Louise de Crèvecœur, first widow of Guillaume Gouffier, lord of Bonnivet, admiral of France. By birth, Jeanne was worthy of all the lords of the court. Her beauty was equal to her birth. Brantome, who knew her, said she was as beautiful, as honest and as accomplished as it was in France, and as good a house; farther on, he describes her as beautiful and honest (of France), and who had at that time repudiated so high and great parties; further on, at last, a beautiful and happy girl." [Google translation from French original] (mediterranee-antique)
"Jeanne de Halluin de Pienne, maid of honor to Catherine de Medici, was passionately loved by Francis de Montmorency, the eldest son of the celebrated Constable of France, and one of the most elegant and accomplished young noblemen of the court of Henry II. The lady, who, says the chronicler, 'was of high birth, beautiful and virtuous,' was just entering on womanhood, and seems to have ardently reciprocated the passion of her lover, then in the twenty-first year of his age, and he made her a formal promise of marriage, concealing the engagement, however, from his parents, whose opposition he feared. Whether or not they would, under any circumstances, have consented to the union is doubtful; for although Mlle. de Pienne was of good descent, she was not equal in rank to the heir of the Montmorency's; but, after the secret engagement had lasted nearly six years, King Henry II formed the design of marrying his natural daughter, Diana, of France, widow of the Duke of Castro, to the son and heir of his favorite, the Constable; and the prospect of this brilliant alliance blinded the old courtier to all considerations save those of interest and ambition. . . ." (The Galaxy, Vol 3: 625)
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Henri I, Duc de Montmorency @ Geneanet |
(1534-1614)
Comte de Dammartin, Duc de Damville, Seigneur de Chantilly, Seigneur d'Ecouen, Marechal de France.
Son of: Anne, Duc de Montmorency & Madeleine de Savoie.
Husband of: Antoinette de La Mark (1542-1591), Maid-of-Honour to Catherine de' Medicis, daughter of Robert IV de La Marck & Francoise de Breze, Comtesse de Maulevrier
His lover was:
Catherine Guillens.
[Geneanet]
(1595-1632)
Duc de Montmorency & Damville, Grand Admiral of France 1612, Marshal of France 1630, Governor of Languedoc 1632, Viceroy of New France
Son of: Henri I, Duc de Montmorency & Louise de Budos
Husband of:
1. Jeanne Scepeaux, mar 1608, ann 1609.
2. Maria Felizia Orsini (1599-1666), mar 1612.
His lover was:
Catherine de Guilhens.
Natural offspring:
1. Splendian, Seigneur du Halier, married Francoise de Chateauneuf, Dame d'Entraigues
2. Annibal, Seigneur de Melousset married Jeanne de Varne
3. Marie
"The object of such devotion appeared to justify it; to a brilliant exterior, known bravery, and a chivalrous heart, the Duke of Montmorency added the most distinguished qualities; all his sentiments were allied to grandeur. He still further distinguished himself by a mind more cultivated that that of his peers. The constable, his father, who could not read, and signed his name with difficulty had made a resolution that his heir should be able to read his own dispatches, and even, in case of necessity, to write them, so that he paid unusual attention to his education; add to this, Henri IV had his eyes upon the child whom he loved, and whom he had made his godson. He had given him his name, and called him his son. 'See,' he said one day to his minister Villeroy---'see my son Montmorency, how handsome he is! If ever the house of Bourbon should fail, there is no family in Europe that would deserve the crown of France so much as his." (Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 45: 209)
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| Charles II de Montmorency-Luxembourg |
Charles II de Montmorency-Luxembourg
(1702-1764)
8th Duke of Piney-Luxembourg, 2nd Duke of Montmorency, Prince of Aigremont, Prince of Tingry, Count of Bouteville, count of Lasse, Count of Dangu, Count of Luxe, Peer of France, Marshal of France 1757, Governor of Normandy 1726
(1702-1764)
8th Duke of Piney-Luxembourg, 2nd Duke of Montmorency, Prince of Aigremont, Prince of Tingry, Count of Bouteville, count of Lasse, Count of Dangu, Count of Luxe, Peer of France, Marshal of France 1757, Governor of Normandy 1726
Also known as:
Charles-Francois II de Montmorency-Luxembourg, Marechal de Luxembourg.
Son of Charles I Francois-Frederic of Montmorency, Duc de Piney & Marie Gillonne Gillier.
Husband of
Son of Charles I Francois-Frederic of Montmorency, Duc de Piney & Marie Gillonne Gillier.
Husband of
1. Marie-Sophie Colbert, Marquise de Seignelay, Comtesse de Tancarville, Dame de Gournay (1711-1747) mar 1724
2. Marie-Angelique de Neufville-Villeroy (1707-1787) mar 1750
His lover was:
Marie-Angelique de Neufville.
Duc de Montmorency.
His lover was:
Rosalie Astrodi (1733-1756)
Italian singer, dancer, and actress.
"While the fiancee (Leferon) was under lock and key, the actress was already seeing the recently married duke de Montmorency, who belonged to one of the most illustrious families in the kingdom. His new wife was very upset by the liaison and asked her father-in-law, the duke of Luxembourg, to break it up. Luxembourg visited the actress and threatened to have her arrested as a prostitute. On hearing of the interference, Montmorency ran to his father's mistress, the dancer Mademoiselle Vestris, and tried to seduce her as an act of revenge. . . Astrodi's affair with Montmorency was brief, in any case. . . ." Dutch(Daughters of Eve. . .: 44)
(1767-1826)
His lovers were:
1) Germaine de Stael (1768-1817)
Lover in 1790?.
French writer.
"Mathieu Jean-Felicite de Montmorency-Laval, the Viscount de Laval, later the Duke of Montmorency (1767-1826), and a descendant of an illustrious family, was her oldest and most faithful friend. Educated by Sieyes, he left with his father's regiment for America. On his return he served as Captain of the Guards of Count d'Artois, and became the youngest delegate to the Estates General. In that function he was one of the initiators of the notion destined to abolish the titles of the nobility. It was then that he became connected with Madame de Stael, and she was briefly in love with him. Himself a constitutionalist, he worked with Narbonne in his ministry. During the executions in Paris he, like his mother Madame de Laval, owed his life to Madame de Stael. After the death, in 1790 if Madame de Laval, Narbonne's mistress and cousin at the same time, he became very devout, and later his clandestine activities for the church as well as his friendship to Madame de Stael caused him to be exiled. During the Restoration he took part in politics and distinguished himself in that career. His attachment to Madame de Stael gradually became profound devotion and, after her death, he was the legal tutor of her children. He often endeavoured to protect her against any new liaison and against herself. . . After the death of her father he is the person Madame de Stael respected the most. They exchanged numerous letters, but only two from her and two from him have been published until now." (Selected Correspondence)
French writer.
"Mathieu Jean-Felicite de Montmorency-Laval, the Viscount de Laval, later the Duke of Montmorency (1767-1826), and a descendant of an illustrious family, was her oldest and most faithful friend. Educated by Sieyes, he left with his father's regiment for America. On his return he served as Captain of the Guards of Count d'Artois, and became the youngest delegate to the Estates General. In that function he was one of the initiators of the notion destined to abolish the titles of the nobility. It was then that he became connected with Madame de Stael, and she was briefly in love with him. Himself a constitutionalist, he worked with Narbonne in his ministry. During the executions in Paris he, like his mother Madame de Laval, owed his life to Madame de Stael. After the death, in 1790 if Madame de Laval, Narbonne's mistress and cousin at the same time, he became very devout, and later his clandestine activities for the church as well as his friendship to Madame de Stael caused him to be exiled. During the Restoration he took part in politics and distinguished himself in that career. His attachment to Madame de Stael gradually became profound devotion and, after her death, he was the legal tutor of her children. He often endeavoured to protect her against any new liaison and against herself. . . After the death of her father he is the person Madame de Stael respected the most. They exchanged numerous letters, but only two from her and two from him have been published until now." (Selected Correspondence)
"It was shortly after this celebration [i.e., Fest of the Federation, July 14, 1790], it seems, that Germaine fell in love with the quasi-widowed Mathieu. Sainte-Beuve, invoking the testimony of Madame Recamier, asserts that the love between Germaine and Mathieu was always platonic. It is true that Germaine was with child until August 31 and that she was absent from Paris from October 1790 to January 1791. But it is also true that she once mentioned Mathieu among the three men she had most loved in her life, and that the other two---Talleyrand and Narbonne---had undoubtedly been her lovers. Whether then or at a later day, it is most probable that, at least briefly, the relationship was more than platonic: with no one was it easier to blur the line between friendship and love than with the angelic but seductive Mathieu." (Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael: 101)
"At the time when Germaine met him (the date is not certain), Mathieu de Montmorency must have appeared to her as the synthesis of all that was noble, good, and beautiful, both in past and in the future society. Tall, slender, very blond, refined and elegant in his manners, burning with the most disinterested idealism, incapable of a vulgar thought or action, he embodied the most precious qualities of the aristocracy and placed them at the service of the cause of justice and equality for all mankind. There was about Mathieu something otherworldly and almost angelic that caused his mother to remark, 'Poor Mathieu! He is a dupe, a dupe!' But to be the dupe of one's generous emotions was, for Germaine, preferable to its opposite, and when later tragic events made Mathieu expiate his revolutionary past in the service of altar and throne, she bore with the reformed sinner as patiently as he bore with her, the unreformed one. When, in the morning of July 14, 1817, Mathieu received a message informing him that Germaine had just died, he noted the date: 'Fatal day!' . . . ." (Mistress to an Age: 101)
2) Juliette Bernard.
Character or Persona: ". . . His manners were at once the most noble and the most elegant. His politeness was perfect; and his dignified courtesy kept people very much at a distance. It was evident that he was naturally violent, and that the serenity which had become habitual to him was an effort of virtue. His charity was boundless. He had subdued his passion, but the tenderness of his nature gave a warmth to his friendship which rendered him singularly attaching. He was a devout Catholic, but in spite of the difference of religious belief he had a profound affection for Madame de Stael, and a tender compassion for weaknesses of which he was not ignorant, but which he always hoped to her her to conquer. . . . " (Edinburgh Review: 120)
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