Marguerite of Lorraine

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Marguerite of Lorraine
Lorraine
Died13 April 1672(1672-04-13) (aged 56)
Palais d'Orléans, Paris, France
Burial
Basilica of Saint-Denis
SpouseGaston, Duke of Orléans
IssueMarguerite Louise, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Isabelle, Duchess of Guise
Françoise Madeleine, Duchess of Savoy
Jean Gaston, Duke of Valois
Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Chartres
HouseLorraine
FatherFrancis II, Duke of Lorraine
MotherCountess Christina of Salm
SignatureMarguerite of Lorraine's signature

Marguerite of Lorraine (22 July 1615

La Grande Mademoiselle
.

Life

Marguerite was born in

dukes of Lorraine
.

Duchess of Orléans

While taking

Charles IV of Lorraine. Nonetheless, Gaston returned to Lorraine and, in a secret ceremony in the presence of her family at Nancy during the night of 2–3 January 1632, took Marguerite as his wife.[2]
Since he had not obtained the prior permission of his elder brother—one of his many acts of defiance—the couple could not appear at the French court and the marriage was kept secret.

In November that same year,

scaffold, betrayed Gaston by revealing the elopement to the king and Richelieu.[2] The king had his brother's marriage declared void by the Parlement of Paris in September 1634 and, despite the Pope's protest, the Assembly of the French clergy affirmed the nullification in September 1635 on the grounds that a prince du sang, especially an heir to the throne, could only enter into matrimony with the permission of the king—consistent with French sovereignty and custom.[2] Although Marguerite and Gaston had renewed their marriage before the Archbishop of Malines, a French emissary persuaded the Pope not to publicly protest the matter, and Gaston was forced to accept the annulment of his marriage.[2] When Louis XIII was on his death bed in May 1643, he accepted his brother's plea for forgiveness, authorizing his marriage to Marguerite, whereupon the couple took their vows for the third time in July 1643 before the Archbishop of Paris at Meudon. The Duke and Duchess of Orléans were finally received at court and could begin producing lawful progeny.[2]

By right of her marriage, Marguerite became known as

Château de Blois, in the Loire Valley, where their first child was born in 1645. Marguerite, however, did not play any significant role at the French court. Although she received a warm welcome after the death of Louis XIII, she suffered from agoraphobia and seldom visited the court where her duties were undertaken by her step-daughter, Mademoiselle, with whom she did not get along.[3]

Gaston Duke of Orleans 1634

Widowhood

Marguerite's husband, who had played a major part in the

Basilica of Saint Denis
.

Issue

  1. Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
    and had issue.
  2. Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (26 December 1646 – 17 March 1696) married Louis Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and had issue.
  3. Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (13 October 1648 – 14 January 1664) married Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy with no issue.
  4. Jean Gaston d'Orléans, Duke of Valois
    (17 August 1650 – Paris, 10 August 1652) died in infancy.
  5. Marie Anne d'Orléans (9 November 1652 – Blois, 17 August 1656) died in infancy.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Person Page".
  2. ^ a b c d e f Velde, François. Heraldica.org. Morganatic and Secret Marriages in the French Royal Family. Royal Consent: the case of Gaston d'Orléans. Retrieved 27 February 2010
  3. ISBN 0-8142-0429-5
    . Ohio State University Press (1985) page 177

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