Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency
Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (* May 11, 1594; † December 2, 1650 in Châtillon- sur- Loire) IV was by marriage Princess of Condé and mistress of the French King Henry
Life
Charlotte -Marguerite was a daughter of the Duke Henri I de Montmorency and his second wife Louise de Budos, and the older sister of Duke Henri II de Montmorency. Through her grandfather, Anne de Montmorency, who had initiated as a close friend of King Francis I. the social advancement of the family, she belonged to one of the most influential families in France.
In the spring of 1609 Charlotte Marguerite came to the French court, and was maid of honor of Queen Maria de ' Medici. The king took a fancy to the young Charlotte -Marguerite, she was regarded as the most beautiful woman of her time. In order to win them for himself, he let her engagement to Marshal François de Bassompierre solve and ordered his nephew, Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, son of Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his second wife Charlotte de la Trémoille to marry her. This was known for his male friends at court, but both fell in love unexpectedly with each other. The liaison with the king did not take long for Charlotte's husband sent to Brussels and then had to flee himself from the wrath of the king. After the king was stabbed to death on May 14, 1610 Paris by François Ravaillac, both were able to return to the French court again. From the marriage Charlotte - Marguerite with Henri II de Condé had three children, who played a major role in the Fronde:
- Anne Geneviève (1619-1676), Henri II d' Orleans ∞ 1642, Duke of Longueville ( House of Orléans - Longueville )
- Louis II (1621-1686), Le Grand Condé, called Claire- Clémence de 1641 ∞ Maillé - Brézé ( 1628-1694 ), niece of Cardinal Richelieu
- Armand (1629-1666), ∞ 1654 Anna Maria Martinozzi ( 1637-1672 ), niece of Cardinal Marzarin