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'''Laurence de Montmorency''' (1571–1654) was a French court official. She served as ''[[Première dame d'honneur]]'' to the queen of France, [[Anne of Austria]], from 1615 until 1624. Until 1618, she shared her office with [[Inés de la Torre]].<ref name="Kleinman, Ruth">Kleinman, Ruth: Anne of Austria. Queen of France. {{ISBN|0-8142-0429-5}}. Ohio State University Press (1985)</ref> |
'''Laurence de Montmorency''' (1571–1654) was a [[French court]] official. She served as ''[[Première dame d'honneur]]'' to the queen of France, [[Anne of Austria]], from 1615 until 1624. Until 1618, she shared her office with [[Inés de la Torre]].<ref name="Kleinman, Ruth">Kleinman, Ruth: Anne of Austria. Queen of France. {{ISBN|0-8142-0429-5}}. Ohio State University Press (1985)</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:06, 1 February 2020
Laurence de Montmorency (1571–1654) was a French court official. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Anne of Austria, from 1615 until 1624. Until 1618, she shared her office with Inés de la Torre.[1]
Life
Laurence de Montmorency was the daughter of Claude de Clermont-Montoison, and married in 1601 to duke and Constable Henri I de Montmorency in his third marriage. She was widowed in 1614.
In 1615, she was appointed Première dame d'honneur to the new queen of France, Anne of Austria, upon her arrival in France. However, when Anne arrived at the French royal court in Paris, a dilemma occurred, as she was given a new household composed of Frenchmen upon her arrival, but did not wish to dismiss her Spanish retinue.[1] A compromise was met where she was allowed to keep both households. This resulted in a situation where several offices at her court was split, and the post of Première dame d'honneur was consequently shared by Laurence de Montmorency and her Spanish counterpart Inés de la Torre, just as the second rank office of Dame d'atour was shared between the Spanish Luisa de Osorio and her French counterpart Antoinette de Vernet.[1] In 1618, Anne's Spanish courtiers were sent home and Laurence de Montmorency became her only Première dame d'honneur.
References
- ^ a b c Kleinman, Ruth: Anne of Austria. Queen of France. ISBN 0-8142-0429-5. Ohio State University Press (1985)