Duchess of Bouillon
Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine (1707 – 31 March 1737) was a French noblewoman and member of the House of Guise , a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine . She was the last wife of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730).
Biography
The eldest of four children, her other surviving sister Marie Elisabeth Sophie de Lorraine was the wife of Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis . Prior to her marriage, she was styled as Mademoiselle de Guise .
A member of the House of Guise founded by Claude, Duke of Guise ,[ 1] Princess of Lorraine as a patrilineal descendant of René II, Duke of Lorraine . At court, she, like his Lorraine family, held the rank of Foreign Prince Royal Family and Princes of the Blood . This also allowed her the style of Her Highness
Family relations included Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf , second cousin of her husband via Emmanuel Maurice's mother Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne.[ 2] Abbess of Remiremont , Princess of Epinoy and a Queen consort of Sardinia .
She was described as very pretty; rather tall than short; neither stout nor slender; an oval face; a broad forehead; black eyes and eyebrows; brown hair; very wide mouth and very red lips
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Married on 21 March 1725, the couple did not have a child until four years later. They had a daughter named Marie Sophie Charlotte who is an ancestor of the present Dukes of Mouchy , a cadet branch of the House of Noailles . Her husband died in 1730, leaving Louise Henriette Françoise a widow at the age of 23.
There are theories that the Duchess of Bouillon poisoned the famous contemporary actress Adrienne Lecouvreur , but scholars have not been able to confirm the accusation.[ 4]
Louise Henriette Françoise later became the mistress of her stepson, Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne , who was one year older than she was. Another lover was the Count of Clermont , a grandson of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan through their daughter the Duchess of Bourbon .
She died in March 1737 at the age of roughly 30. Her brother cousin Gaston married Marie Louise de Rohan , sister of Charles, Prince of Soubise . Charles, in turn, was the husband of her stepdaughter Anne Marie Louise .
Issue
Ancestry
Ancestors of Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine 16. Charles de Lorraine , Duke of Elbeuf 8. François Louis de Lorraine , Count of Harcourt 17. Catherine Henriette de Bourbon , Légitimée de France 4. Alphonse Henri de Lorraine , Count of Harcourt 18. Henri François d'Ornano, Lord of Mazargues 9. Anne d'Ornano 19. Marguerite de Maubec-Montlaur 2. Anne Marie Joseph de Lorraine , Count of Harcourt 20. Georges de Brancas, Duke of Villars 10. Charles de Brancas, Count of Brancas 21. Julienne Hypolite d'Estrées 5. Françoise de Brancas 22. Mathieu Garnier 11. Suzanne Garnier 23. Louise Bazin 1. Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine 24. Pierre de Castille 12. Nicolas Jeannin de Castille, Marquis de Montjeu 25. Charlotte Jeannin 6. Gaspard Jeannin de Castille, Marquis de Montjeu 26. Gaspard de Fieubet, chevalier, seigneur de Caslaurt et Jaillac 13. Claude de Fieubet 27. Marie-Claude Ardier (or Aldier) de Beauregard 3. Marie Louise Christine/Chrétienne Jeannin de Castille, Marquise de Montjeu 28. Gaspard Dauvet, Count des Marets 14. Nicolas Dauvet, Count of Marets 29. Isabelle Brûlart 7. Louise Diane Dauvet 15. Christine de Lantage, Lady of Vitry-le-Croisé
References and notes
The generations start from the children of
Réné II 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation 5th generation 6th generation 8th generation 9th generation *died without issue
