1.1b.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1a.1b.1b.1.1.1.5.1.1a.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Marguerite de Montmorency

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Birth 1454
Death 24 May 1531
Spouse Anne Pot
Death 15 FEB 1509/10, ERBIN IHRES BRUDERS
Father Guy de Saint Paul , Comte de Saint Paul
Mother Marie Villiers , d'Isle Adam
Marr 17 Jul 1484
Children: Louise (Marie) (1490-)
Anne duc (1492-1567)
Philippe (1490-)
Marie
Jean

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Birth 1490, CHATEAU, FRANCE
Spouse Fere II d'Mailly

Other Spouses Gaspard I de Coligny , Marshall de Chaitillon

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Spouse Gaspard I de Coligny , Marshall de Chaitillon
Birth 1488, CHAITILLON, SUR-LOINRE, FRANCE
Death 1522
Father Jean III de Coligny (1439-)
Mother Eleanore de Courcelles (1447-)
Marr 1 Dec 1514
Children: Gaspard II (1519-1572)
Odetto (1517-1571)
Henry (Francois) d'Andelont
Pierre

Other Spouses Fere II d'Mailly

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Birth 15 MAR 1492/93, CHANTILLY, FRANCE
Death 12 Nov 1567, PARIS, FRANCE

Montmorency, Anne, Duke de----(born March 15, 1493, Chantilly, France---died
Nov. 12, 1567, Paris), Constable of France who was powerful during the reigns of
Francis I, Henry II, and Charles IX. He served in the numerous wars in northern
Italy and southern France against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of
Spain, and in the campaigns of Charles IX against the Huguenots.
Named after his Godmother, Queen Anne of Brittany, consort of the French Kings
Charles VIII and Louis XII. Montmorency was brought up with the future Francis
I, who raised him to authority when he became King in 1515. After fighting in
several campaigns in Italy, he was named Marshal of France in 1522. In 1524 he
defended Provence and then returned to fight in Italy. Captured at Pavia (Italy)
in 1525 along with the King, he was released and helped negotiate the Treaty of
Madrid. In 1526 he was named Governor of Languedoc and Grand Master of France
(Superintendent of the Royal Household). He was charged with diplomatic missions
and eventually became the King's principal Minister, controlling war, the Royal
household, public works, and foreign affairs. His many extant letters reveal his
prodigious ministerial energy; he was also irascible and a ruthless
authoritarian. In 1527 he succeeded in bringing England into the League of
Cognac against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, but in 1529 he helped negotiate
the Peace of Cambrai between France and the Emperor. In 1536 Montmorency again
took up arms against Charles V, first in Provence, where he compelled Charles to
withdraw by means of a "scorched earth" strategy, then in northern Italy . Peace
was negotiated in 1538, and he was named Constable of France. In 1541, however,
political mistakes and court intrigues forced him into retirement.
Recalled to Court on Henry II's accession (1547), Montmorency savagely crushed a
revolt against the salt tax at Bordeaux (1548). He was created a Duke and a Peer
of France in 1551. Captured by the Spanish in 1527, he was released upon the
conclusion of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis between France and Spain (1559).
When Charles IX became King in 1560, Montmorency returned to power. At first he
supported the Huguenots but soon allied himself with the Duke de Guise and the
Marshal de Saint-Andre in the campaigns conducted against them under Charles IX.
He was victorious at the Battle Of Dreux but was captured. Released in 1563, he
commanded the army that took Le Havre from the English that year. When war with
the Huguenots broke out again in 1567, Montmorency was wounded at the Battle of
Saint-Denis, just outside Paris, and died two days later. Two of his five sons
by Madeleine of Savoy succeeded him as Duke.
























Spouse Madelaine de Savoie
Birth bef 1510
Death aft 1586
Father Renee de Savoie (-1525)
Mother Anne Lascaria
Marr 10 JAN 1528/29, ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, FRANCE
Children: Eleonore
Francois (1530-1579)
Henry I (1534-1614)
Charles (1537-)
Catherine
Mary
William
Gabriel
Jeanne

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Spouse Francesco III de Turenne , Vicomte de Turenne
Father Francois II de Turenne , Viscomte de Turenne (1497-1532)
Mother Anne de La Tour (1513-)
Children: Henri I de La Tour (1555-1623)

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Birth 28 Sep 1555, JOZE-EN-AUVERGNE
Death 25 Mar 1623, SEDAN

BOUILLON, -- ancient town in LUXEMBOURG PROVINCE, BELGIUM, on the SEMOIS RIVER in the ARDENNES. It was long known for the ducal title connected with it. BOUILLON in the 11th century was held by the COUNTS OF ARDENNES, whom GERMAN KINGS invested with the DUKEDOM OF LOWER LORRAINE. Because BOUILLON was their chief stronghold. BOUILLON was not yet a DUCHY. In 1096 the Bishopic of Leige received the town, and the bishops thereafter often styled themselves DUKES OF BOUILLON. One Guillaume de La Marck received BOUILLON IN 1482; and, although Liege took it back twice in the following century, BOUILLON ---- now formally a dukedom ---- eventually descended, by marriage, to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne in 1591. The DUCHY remained in this line until 1794, when BOUILLON declared itself a republic (it was annexed by FRANCE the next year). On the defeat of Napoleonic FRANCE, the victorious powers in November 1815 gave the sovereignty, with LUXEMBOURG, to the NETHERLANDS. The DUCAL TITLE was adjudged in 1816 to Charles-Alain Gabriel de Rohan, duc de Montbazon (a descendant of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne), in whose FAMILY it remains. On the partition of LUXEMBOURG in 1831, BOUILLON became BELGIAN. The town, a popular summer resort, is noted for its well-preserved MEDIEVAL CASTLE, which is located in the ARDENNES HILLS above the town. Pop. (1983 est.) 5,427.


Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, duc de Bouillon (1555-1623), was the first member of his family to become Duc de Bouillon. He married Charlotte de La Marck, last descendant of the house that had governed BOUILLON since 1482. Charlotte, dying in childbirth in May 1594, bequeathed her possessions and titles to Henri.

Converted to PROTESTANTISM in 1572, Henri vacillated in his political allegiance until 1576, when he became aligned with King Henri of Navarre (who was to become Henry IV, King of France in 1589). He was made Marshal in 1592. After his wife's death, Henri, now Duc de Bouillon, married Elisabeth of the House of Orange Nassau.

In February 1601, Henri, who had turned against Henri IV, King of France, joined a conspiracy to assassinated him. However, the plot was discovered and Bouillon fled FRANCE in 1602. Returned to favor in 1606, Bouillon demonstrated no gratitude. After Henri IV was assassinated in 1610, Bouillon intrigued against the Duc de Sully, Henri IV's comrade-in-arms. Bouillon also entered a PROTESTANT CONSPIRACY, which he refused to lead himself. Instead he fled to SEDAN in 1623 and tried to enlist GERMAN PROTESTANT help for an invasion of FRANCE.
Spouse Elisabeth Flandrika , Princess of Orange
Birth 26 Apr 1577, MIDDLEBURG, ZEELAND, NETHERLANDS
Birth 26 Mar 1577
Death 3 Sep 1642, SEDAN
Father William I, ('The Silent'), Prince of Orange (1533-1584)
Mother Charlotte de Bourbon (~1546-1582)
Marr 15 Apr 1595, GRAVENHAGE
Children: Frederic Maurice (1605-1652)
Francois de La Tour Dit Simonet (1603-)
Louise de La Tour (1596-1607)
Marie de La Tour (1599-1655)
Juliane Catherine de La Tour (1604-1637)
Elizabeth de La Tour (1606-1685)
Henriette Catherine de La Tour (1601-)
Charlotte de La Tour (-1662)
Henri II de LaTour (1611-1675)

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Birth 17 Jul 1530
Death 5 May 1579
Spouse Princess of France Diane Princess of France

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Birth 15 Jun 1534, CHANTILLY, OISE, FRANCE
Death 1 Apr 1614, AGDE, FRANCE
Spouse Louise de Budos
Children: Charlotte (1594-1636)

Other Spouses Antonietta di La Marck, Catherine de Bourbon

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Birth 11 May 1594
Death 1636
Spouse Henry II de Bourbon , Prince of Conde

Other Spouses Charles de Valois , duc d'Angouleme (1619)

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Spouse Charles de Valois , duc d'Angouleme (1619)
Birth 1573
Death 1650
Father Charles IX Maximilien , King of France (1560) (1550-1574)
Mother Marie Touchet
Children: Louis

Other Spouses Henry II de Bourbon , Prince of Conde

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Spouse Antonietta di La Marck
Mother Diana di Poitiers

Other Spouses Louise de Budos, Catherine de Bourbon

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Spouse Catherine de Bourbon
Birth 1559
Death 1604
Father (Duke of Vendome) Anthony , Duke of Bourbon (1518-1562)
Mother Joan (Jeanne) III d'Al'bert , Queen of Navarre (1528-1572)
Marr 1599

Other Spouses Louise de Budos, Antonietta di La Marck

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Birth 1537

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