Catherine Henriette de Bourbon

Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (also Catherine Henrietta de Vendôme, Duchesse d'Elbeuf)[1] (11 November 1596 – 20 June 1663) was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France and his long-term maîtresse en titre Gabrielle d'Estrées.[2][3] She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise. In 1619 she married Charles de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf.[2][4]

Catherine Henriette de Bourbon
Légitimée de France
Duchess of Elbeuf
Catherine in 1659 as a widow, by P Vary
Born(1596-11-11)11 November 1596
Rouen, France
Died20 June 1663(1663-06-20) (aged 67)
Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France
SpouseCharles II, Duke of Elbeuf
Issue
Detail
Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf
François Louis, Count of Harcourt
François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne
Names
Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France
HouseBourbon
FatherHenry IV of France
MotherGabrielle d'Estrées

Issue

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References and notes

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  1. ^ Sully, Maximilien de Béthune duc de (1891). Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great. G. Bell & Sons.
  2. ^ a b Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle). MHRA. ISBN 978-1-907322-01-3.
  3. ^ Orr, Clarissa Campbell (12 August 2004). Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81422-5.
  4. ^ Hartmann, Cyril Hughes (1928). The Magnificent Montmorency: The Life and Death of Henri Duc de Montmorency, 1595-1632. G. Routledge & Sons, Limited.

Sources

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  • Gerber, Matthew (2012). Bastards: Politics, Family, and Law in Early Modern France. Oxford University Press.
  • Pitts, Vincent J. (2009). Henri IV of France: His Reign and Age. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Spangler, Jonathan (2009). The Society of Princes; the Lorraine-Guise and the conservation of power and wealth in the Seventeenth Century. Ashgate.