Catherine Henriette de Bourbon

Légitimée de France
Duchess of Elbeuf

Catherine in 1659 as a widow, by P Vary

Born

11 November 1596
Rouen, France

Died

20 June 1663 (aged 67)
Hôtel d'Elboeuf, Paris, France

Spouse

Issue
Detail

Names
Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France

Father

Mother

Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (11 November 1596 – 20 June 1663) was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France and his long-term maîtresse en titre Gabrielle d'Estrées. She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise.

Issue

Charles III of Elbeuf (1620–4 May 1692)
Henri (1622–3 April 1648) never married; Abbot of Hombieres
François Louis, Count of Harcourt (1623–27 June 1694), married and had issue;
François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne (4 April 1624 – 19 January 1694); married and had issue
Catherine (1626–1645)
Marie Marguerite (1629–7 August 1679) known as Mademoiselle d'Elboeuf; died unmarried and childless

References and notes

Gerber, Matthew (2012). Bastards: Politics, Family, and Law in Early Modern France. Oxford University Press.
Pitts, Vincent J. (2009). Henri IV of France: His Reign and Age. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Spangler, Jonathan (2009). The Society of Princes; the Lorraine-Guise and the conservation of power and wealth in the Seventeenth Century. Ashgate.

v t e Enfants Légitimés de France
Children of Henri IV	César, Duke of Vendôme Catherine Henriette, Duchess of Elbeuf^* Gaston Henri, Duke of Verneuil^*
Children of Louis XIV	Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Blois, Princess of Conti^* Louis, Count of Vermandois^* Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine^* Louis César, Count of Vexin^* Louise Françoise, Mademoiselle de Nantes, Duchess of Bourbon Louise Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Tours^* Françoise Marie, Mademoiselle de Blois, Duchess of Orléans Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
^* died without surviving issue

v t e Princesses of Lorraine by marriage
Generations start with the daughters-in-law of Réné II
1st generation	Antoinette of Bourbon
2nd generation	Princess Christina of Denmark Anna d'Este
3rd generation	Princess Claude of France Catherine of Cleves
4th generation	Princess Catherine of Navarre Margherita Gonzaga Christina of Salm Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout Marie de Rohan Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse
5th generation	Nicole de Lorraine* Béatrice de Cusance Claude-Françoise of Lorraine*
6th generation	Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans
7th generation	Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans
8th generation	Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria Marie Louise de Rohan
*also a princess of Lorraine in her own right

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