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Suzanne Henriette
Lorraine by Rigaud
Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat
Tenure8 November 1704 – 5 July 1708
Born(1686-02-01)1 February 1686[1]
France
Died19 October 1710(1710-10-19) (aged 24)
Paris, France
Burial
Carmel du faubourg Saint-Germain, Paris[2]
SpouseFerdinand Charles Gonzaga
Names
Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine
HouseHouse of Lorraine
FatherCharles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
MotherFrançoise de Montault de Navailles

Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine (1 February 1686 – 19 October 1710) was a member of the House of Lorraine and was the Duchess of Mantua by marriage. Her husband Ferdinand Charles Gonzaga was the last Gonzaga Duke of Mantua.

Biography

Suzanne Henriette was the penultimate daughter of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf and his third wife Françoise de Montault de Navailles. Her two older half brothers, Henri and Emmanuel Maurice were successively Dukes of Elbeuf. She was known as Mademoiselle d'Elbeuf, derived from her fathers title.

Although the Lorraine-Elbeufs were reckoned among the princes etrangers at the court of France, as a cadet branch (Elbeuf) of a non-reigning cadet branch (Guise) of the House of Lorraine, it was not their custom to marry crowned heads. Nevertheless, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat sought Suzanne Henriette's hand in pursuit of a dynastic alliance with another reigning ducal house under French influence. She married Gonzaga in Milan on 8 November 1704 accompanied by her grandmother Catherine Henriette de Bourbon. To the French, her husband was known as Charles de Gonzagne.[3]

The Prince of Condé (son of le Grand Condé) had proposed his daughter Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Montmorency to marry Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, ruler of the Duchies of Mantua and Montferrat. He had lost his first wife Anna Isabella Gonzaga and subsequent first cousin in August 1703 and was childless. Gonzaga however did have illegitimate children with his mistress Eleonora Parma, a line which died out in the mid 18th century and were not able to inherit Mantua. The couple were married in Milan on 8 November 1704.[1] Her husband died on 5 July 1708 leaving her a widow at the age of 22.

Suzanne Henriette returned to France and was later involved in a lawsuit between Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and Anne of Bavaria, Princess of Condé over inheritance of the Guise fortune. Residing in Paris, she died there in 1710 at the age of 24. She was buried at the Carmel du faubourg Saint-Germain in the crypt of her grandfather, the Maréchal de Navailles.[2] Saint-Simon noted that she died in the flower of her youth after a long illness and was considered to have been a beauty at the time. He also wrote that her "bizarre" marriage had been the cause of her sad life.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 1 February 1686 – 8 November 1704 "Mademoiselle d'Elbeuf"
  • 8 November 1704 – 5 July 1708 Her Highness The Duchess of Mantua
  • 5 July 1708 – 19 October 1710 Her Highness The Dowager Duchess of Mantua

Ancestry

Family of Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine
16. René of Lorraine, Marquis of Elbeuf
8. Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
17. Louise de Rieux
4. Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
18. Léonor Chabot, Count of Charny
9. Marguerite Chabot, Countess of Charny
19. Françoise de Rye, Dame de Longwy
2. Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
20. Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre
10.Henry IV of France
21. Jeanne III of Navarre
5. Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France
22. Antoine d'Estrées, Marquis of Coeuvres
11.Gabrielle d'Estrées
23. Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière
1. Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine
24. Bernard de Montault, Baron of Beynac
12. Philippe de Montault, Duke of Lavedan
25. Tabitha de Gabaston, Dame de Bassillon
6. Philippe de Navailles, Duke of Montault
26. Hélie de Gontaut de Saint Geniès, Baron of Badefol
13. Judith de Gontaut, Dame de Badefol
27. Jacqueline de Béthune
3. Françoise de Montault de Navailles
28. Jean de Baudéan, Seigneur de Parabère
14. Charles de Baudéan, Count of Parabère
29. Louise Gillier, Dame de Salles
7. Susanne de Baudéan
30. Michel Adam Tiraqueau, Seigneur de Laubier
15. Françoise Louise Tiraqueau
31. Suzanne Gobin

References and notes

  1. ^ a b van de Pas, Leo. "Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine". Genealogics .org. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  2. ^ a b van de Pas, Leo. "Histoire de Charleville". Googlebooks.org. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  3. ^ Foucault (comte). Histoire de Léopold I, duc de Lorraine et de Bar, père de l'Empereur, 1856, p.430

See also

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