Claude, Duke of Chevreuse
Claude de Lorraine (5 June 1578 – 24 January 1657), also called Claude de Guise, was a French noble and husband of Marie de Rohan. He was the Duke of Chevreuse, a title which is today used by the Duke of Luynes.
Biography
He was the third son of
Prince of Joinville, he is made
According to Agnes Strickland he stood as proxy for Charles I of England in his marriage at Notre Dame to Henrietta Maria on 1 May 1625: in the same year Charles I made him a Knight in the Order of the Garter.
Marriage and issue
In 1622, he married Princess Marie de Rohan, who was 22 years younger than himself.
They had 3 daughters:
- Anne Marie de Lorraine (1624–1652), abbesse of Pont-aux-Dames.
- Charlotte Marie de Lorraine (1627–1652), Mademoiselle de Chevreuse, lover of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz.
- Henriette de Lorraine (1631–1693), abbesse of Jouarre.
He lived with his family in the Château de Dampierre, near Chevreuse.
He commissioned the royal architect,
Living an inconspicuous life, Claude succeeded in distancing himself from his wife's plotting (as a favorite of Queen
He died without a male heir in 1657.
References
- ISBN 9782840962137.
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