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Charlotte de Lorraine-Armagnac
Mademoiselle d'Armagnac
Charlotte in 1693
Born6 May 1678
Died21 January 1757(1757-01-21) (aged 79)
Names
Charlotte de Lorraine
FatherLouis de Lorraine
MotherCatherine de Neufville

Charlotte de Lorraine-Armagnac (6 May 1678 – 21 January 1757) was a Princess of Lorraine by birth and daughter of Louis, Count of Armagnac. She was known as Mademoiselle d'Armagnac and died unmarried.

Biography

Charlotte of Lorraine was the eleventh of fourteen children born to Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac and Catherine de Neufville.[1] She belonged to the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, entitled to the rank of prince etranger in France. She was raised with her sister Marie of Lorraine, mother of Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi. Charlotte's own mother was a daughter of Nicolas de Neufville, a Marshal of France and one time governor of Louis XIV.

Styled Mademoiselle d'Armagnac, she was a celebrated beauty at the court and was a favourite of Louis XIV and was described by Madame de Sévigné as a beautiful and likeable woman.[2] After the marriage of her sister Marie to the Duke of Valentinois[3] (future Prince of Monaco) the court paid close attention to the range of suitors that were offered to Charlotte.[citation needed] These included the famous Saint Simon; the Margrave of Ansbach, brother of the future Queen Caroline of Great Britain as well as various other French noblemen.[3]

Another candidate was Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count de Toulouse, youngest son of Louis XIV and his mistress Madame de Montespan. Louis opposed the match an gave her a pension in return for her losses.[3] She died unmarried having outlived her many siblings.

Titles and styles

  • 6 May 1678 – 21 January 1757 Mademoiselle d'Armagnac

Ancestry

Family of Charlotte of Lorraine
16. René of Lorraine, Marquis of Elbeuf
8. Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
17. Louise de Rieux
4. Henri of Lorraine, Count of Harcourt
18. Léonor Chabot, Count of Charny
9. Marguerite de Chabot
19. Françoise de Longwy-Rye
2. Louis of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac
20. François du Cambout, Lord of Cambout
10. Charles du Cambout, Marquis of Coislin
21. Louise du Plessis de Richelieu
5. Marguerite Philippe du Cambout
22. Charles de Beurges, Lord of Seury
11. Philippe de Beurges
23. Jeanne Lescoët, Lady of Mogulaye
1. Charlotte of Lorraine
24. Nicolas IV de Neufville, Lord of Villeroy
12. Charles de Neufville, Marquis of Villeroy
25. Madeleine de L'Aubespine
6. Nicolas de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
26. Nicolas de Harlay, Baron of Maule
13. Jacqueline de Harlay de Sancy
27. Marie Moreau, Lady of Grosbois
3. Catherine de Neufville
28. Antoine de Blanchefort de Créquy, Lord of Saint-Janvrin
14. Charles de Blanchefort de Créquy, Duke of Créquy, Prince of Poix
29. Chrétienne d'Aguerre
7. Marie de Créquy, Dame de Mions
30. François de Bonne, 1st Duke of Lesdiguières
15. Madeleine de Bonne de Lesdiguières
31. Claudine de Berenger

See also

References

  1. ^ Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leur armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume, La veuve Duchesne, 1774, p 590
  2. ^ Lettres de madame de Sévigné, de sa famille et de ses amis, recueillies et annotées par m. Monmerqué, 1862, Oxford University, p 158
  3. ^ a b c "Portrait of Marie de Lorraine (1674-1724), Duchesse de Valentinois and her younger sister Charlotte de Lorraine (1678-1757), Mademoiselle d'Armagnac, half length before a parapet, a landscape beyond". Christie's.org. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

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