Anne Gonzaga
Anna Gonzaga | |
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Countess Palatine of Simmern | |
Born | 1616 Paris, France |
Died | 6 July 1684 (aged 67–68) Paris, France |
Spouse | |
Catherine of Lorraine |
Anna Gonzaga (Anna Marie; 1616 – 6 July 1684) was an
Family and early life
Anna Marie de Gonzague was born in
Although her name and
Anna was the youngest of the Duke and Duchess of Mantua's six children. She had three brothers, including
Duke of Guise
Anna fell passionately in love with her maternal second cousin
Marriage and children
On 24 April 1645 in Paris, Anne was married, without much enthusiasm, to
With Edward, she had three daughters:
- Louise Marie
- 23 July 1647 – 11 March 1679
- married Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm
- Anne Henriette Julie[2]
- 13 March 1648 – 23 February 1723
- married Henri Jules, Prince of Condé
- Bénédicte Henriette[2]
- 14 March 1652 – 12 August 1730
- married John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- From her, such prominent figures as the doomed King Louis XVI of Franceare descended.
According to the Italian historian Signor G. B. Intra, Anne "held one of the most brilliant salons during the early years of the reign of Louis XIV."[3]
Her second daughter's marriage to Henri Jules de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien, came to restore her position; Henri Jules, son of
Princess Anne managed to marry her youngest daughter, Bénédicte (sometimes Benedicta or Benedictine), to the
Later life and religion
Anne's mother, Caterina of Mayenne, was a member of the "ultra-Catholic"
In 1663, Edward died in Paris aged 37. Forty-one years after his death, the son of Edward's younger sister Sophia of Hanover became King George I of Great Britain, the first of the House of Hanover. "If Sophia's elder brother Edward had not converted to Catholicism," writes George L. Williams, "it is possible that the English throne would have been held by his descendants."[5]
In 1671, Anne Gonzaga rededicated herself to Catholicism and completely changed her lifestyle. She died in 1684. Bossuet delivered the famous oration at her funeral.[1]
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References
- ^ a b Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 1, J.B. Lippincott, 1901, p. 1141
- ^ a b Spangler 2015, p. 144.
- ^ Stead, William Thomas. Review of reviews and world's work: An international magazine, volume 1, 1890, page 431
- ^ Anna was a descendant of Pope Alexander VI through her mother, a granddaughter of Anna d'Este, granddaughter of Lucrezia Borgia.
- ^ Williams, p. 66
Sources
- Spangler, Jonathan (2015). "Points of Transferral: Mademoiselle de Guise's Will and the Transferability of Dynastic Identity". In Geevers, Liesbeth; Marini, Mirella (eds.). Dynastic Identity in Early Modern Europe: Rulers, Aristocrats and the Formation of Identities. Ashgate Publishing. p. 131-152.
- Williams, George L. Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes. ISBN 0-7864-2071-5.
External links
- Henry Gardiner Adams, ed. (1857). "Wikidata Q115749993.