Jacqueline de Longwy
Jacqueline de Longwy | |
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Duchess of Montpensier suo jure Countess of Bar-sur-Seine | |
Jeanne of Angoulême |
Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine (before 1520 – 28 August 1561), Duchess of Montpensier, Dauphine of Auvergne was a French noblewoman, and a half-niece of King
Family
Jacqueline was born on an unknown date sometime before 1520, the youngest daughter of
Jacqueline had two older sisters. The eldest, Françoise de Longwy, Dame de Pagny and de Mirebeau (c.1510- after 14 April 1561), married firstly in 1526,
Jacqueline's paternal uncle was
Marriage
In 1538, Jacqueline married Louis III de Bourbon-Montpensier,
Court career
Jacqueline de Longwy was introduced at court early on, which she attended from 1533 onward. She served as
She was a personal friend of
Countess of Bar-sur-Seine
Jacqueline succeeded to the title of suo jure Countess of Bar-sur-Seine upon her mother's death, which occurred on an unknown date sometime after 1531/1538. Her father's titles had passed to her eldest sister, Françoise upon his death in 1520.
In 1543, the dauphinate of
Death
She died in Paris on 28 August 1561. She had been the Duchess of Montpensier for less than two months.
Through her daughter, Charlotte, Jacqueline was an ancestress of the
Issue
The marriage of Jacqueline and Louis produced one son and five daughters:
- François de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (1542- 4 June 1592), married in 1566, Renée d'Anjou, Marquise de Mézières (21 October 1550- 1597), daughter of Nicolas d'Anjou, Marquis de Mézières and Gabrielle de Mareuil, by whom he had one son, Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier.
- Françoise de Bourbon (1539–1587), in 1559 married Henri Robert de La Marck (Sedan
- Anne de Bourbon (1540 1577), in 1561 married François de Cleves, Duke of Nevers
- Jeanne de Bourbon, Abbess of Jouarre (1541–1620)
- Charlotte de Bourbon (1547- 5 May 1582),William The Silent of Nassau, Prince of Orange, by whom she had six daughters
- Louise de Bourbon, Abbess of Faremoutier (1548–1586)
In art
Jacqueline de Longwy's portrait was drawn in 1550 by French painter François Clouet.
Notes
- ^ a b Couchman 1997, p. 104.
- ^ a b McIlvenna 2016, p. 48.
References
- Couchman, Jane (1997). "Charlotte of Bourbon's Correspondence: Using Words to Implement Emancipation". In Winn, Colette H.; Kuizenga, Donna (eds.). Women Writers in Pre-revolutionary France: Strategies of Emancipation. Garland Publishing Inc.
- McIlvenna, Una (2016). Scandal and Reputation at the Court of Catherine de Medici. Routledge.48
Further reading
- Marek, Miroslav. "Capet family index page". Genealogy.EU. Retrieved 21 August 2012.[better source needed][verification needed]