Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon

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Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne,

He was married to Marie Anne Mancini, the youngest niece of Cardinal Mazarin and one of the Mazarinettes. Her four famous sisters were:

• Laure (1636–1657), the eldest, who married Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, grandson of King Henri IV and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and became the mother of the famous French general Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme,
• Olympe (1638–1708), who married Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons and became the mother of the famous Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy
  ,
• Louis XIV. The young king was so besotted with her that he wanted to marry her. In the end, he was made to give her up, and she married Prince Lorenzo Colonna who remarked that he was surprised to find her a virgin as one does not expect to find 'innocence among the loves of kings'. (from Antonia Fraser
  's book Love and Louis XIV)
• Armand-Charles de la Porte, duc de La Meilleraye, and went to London, where she became the mistress of King Charles II
  .

The couple were married in the presence of the Royal family at the Louvre Palace in Paris on 19 April 1662. The marriage produced seven children, three of which would go on to produce children. His wife raised her nephew Louis Joseph de Bourbon, the orphan son of Laure Mancini and Louis de Bourbon.

His wife established a small

Issue

• Louis Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Turenne (14 January 1665–4 August 1692) died at Enghien after the Battle of Steenkerque, married Anne Geneviève de Lévis, daughter of Madame de Ventadour, no issue;
• Marie Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne, Mademoiselle de Bouillon (8 July 1666–24 December 1725) never married;
• Count of Harcourt
  ) and had issue;
• Eugene Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Château-Thierry (29 March 1669–23 November 1672) never married;
• Frédéric Jules de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Auvergne (2 May 1672–1733) married Olive Catherine de Trantes and had issue;
• Antoine Crozat
  , no issue;
• Louise Julie de La Tour d'Auvergne, Mademoiselle de Château-Thierry (26 November 1679–21 November 1750) married François Armand, Prince of Guéméné and had a child who died aged 3.

Unions with the La Trémoille family

• His oldest son
  Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille
  .

Emmanuel Théodose and Marie Armande Victoire were the parents of:

• Marie Hortense Victoire de La Tour d'Auvergne (1704–1741) who married her first cousin Charles Armand René de La Trémoille.

Previous alliances between the La Tour d'Auvergne and La Trémoille family included the following marriages:

• Claude de La Trémoille (1566–1604) with Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau (1580–1631), the sister of Countess Elisabeth of Nassau, the wife of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon
• Henri de La Trémoille (1598–1674) with his aunt Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne
  (1601–1665)

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