Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout

Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout
Born	1624
Died	9 December 1674 Paris
Nationality	French

Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout (1624 – 9 December 1674) was a French noblewoman.

Life

Marguerite du Cambout was born in 1624. Her parents were Charles du Cambout, Marquis of Coislin (c. 1577–1648) and Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seury.^[1] Her father was Marquis of Coislin, Pontchâteau and la Roche-Bernard, governor of the town and fortresses of Brest and lieutenant general of lower Brittany.^[2] He was from the old nobility of Brittany. Her mother was Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seuri et de la Moguelaye.^[3] She was the niece of Cardinal Richelieu.^[4]

In 1634 she was married to Antoine de l'Age (1605–35), Duke of Aiguilon, also called Duke of Pui-Laurent. In February 1639 she married Henri de Lorraine (1601–66), Count of Harcourt, Grand Écuyer de France.4.^[3] They had six children. Marguerite du Cambout died of apoplexy in Paris on 9 December 1674 at the age of 50.^[5] She was buried in the Eglise des Capucines on the Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris.^[1] Her half length portrait by Balthazar Moncornet (1598-1668), dated 1658, is held by the British Museum. In an oval border, it shows her upper body in an elaborate dress adorned with pearls and jewels, with a hunting scene in the background. There are four lines of verse below the portrait,^[6]

Tu vois dans ce pourtraict ou l’art a racourcy Mille perfections, que la nature assemble Que luy mesme en effet te represente icy, Les graces, les beautez, et les vertus ensemble.

"You see in this portrait that art has shortened A thousand perfections, that nature assembles That the same indeed represents to you here The graces, the beauties, and the virtues together.

Children

Her children with Henri, Count of Harcourt were:^[7]

• Armande Henriette de Lorraine-Guise (1640–1684), abbess of Soissons
• Louis, Count of Armagnac (1641–1718), called Monsieur le Grand, Grand Écuyer de France, Count of Charny and of Brionne
• Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine (1643–1702), Abbé of Saint Pierre in Chartres
• Alfonse Louis (1644–1689), Abbé of Royaumont, called chevalier d'Harcourt
• Raimond Bérenger (1647–1686), Abbé of Faron de Meaux
• Charles, Count of Marsan (1648–1708)

Notes

1. Marguerite du Cambout – roglio.eu.
2. Moreri 1732, p. 462.
3. Moreri 1732, p. 463.
4. Hurtuat 1779, p. 400.
5. Société archéologique et historique 1887, p. 16.
6. Marguerite, Philippe du Cambout, ... SUDOC.
7. Mariage de Charles Ier ... avec Marguerite de Chabot.

Sources

• Hurtuat (1779), Dictionnaire Historique De La Ville De Paris Et De Ses Environs: Dans lequel on trouve la Description des Monumens & Curiosités de cette Capitale, l'établissement des Maisons Religieuses, celui des Communautés d'Artistes & d'Artisans, le nombre des Rues & leur détail historique ..., Moutard, retrieved 2017-11-07
• "Marguerite du Cambout", roglio.eu (in French), retrieved 2017-11-07
• "Marguerite, Philippe du Cambout, comtesse de Harcourt", SUDOC (in French), retrieved 2017-11-07
• "Mariage de Charles Ier de Lorraine-Guise avec Marguerite de Chabot", Histoire de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (in French), retrieved 2017-11-07
• Moreri, Louis (1732), Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique, chez Jacques Vincent, retrieved 2017-11-07
• Société archéologique et historique (1887), Bulletin (in French), Société archéologique et historique de Nantes et de Loire-Atlantique, retrieved 2017-11-07