Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout | |
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| Born | 1624 |
| Died | 9 December 1674 Paris |
| Nationality | French |
Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout (1624 – 9 December 1674) was a French noblewoman.
Marguerite du Cambout was born in 1624. Her parents were Charles du Cambout, Marquis of Coislin (c. 1577–1648) and Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seury.[1] Her father was Marquis of Coislin, Pontchâteau and la Roche-Bernard, governor of the town and fortresses of Brest and lieutenant general of lower Brittany.[2] He was from the old nobility of Brittany. Her mother was Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seuri et de la Moguelaye.[3] She was the niece of Cardinal Richelieu.[4]
In 1634 she was married to Antoine de l'Age (1605–35), Duke of Aiguilon, also called Duke of Pui-Laurent. In February 1639 she married Henri de Lorraine (1601–66), Count of Harcourt, Grand Écuyer de France.4.[3] They had six children. Marguerite du Cambout died of apoplexy in Paris on 9 December 1674 at the age of 50.[5] She was buried in the Eglise des Capucines on the Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris.[1] Her half length portrait by Balthazar Moncornet (1598-1668), dated 1658, is held by the British Museum. In an oval border, it shows her upper body in an elaborate dress adorned with pearls and jewels, with a hunting scene in the background. There are four lines of verse below the portrait,[6]
| Tu vois dans ce pourtraict ou l’art a racourcy Mille perfections, que la nature assemble Que luy mesme en effet te represente icy, Les graces, les beautez, et les vertus ensemble. |
"You see in this portrait that art has shortened A thousand perfections, that nature assembles That the same indeed represents to you here The graces, the beauties, and the virtues together. |
Her children with Henri, Count of Harcourt were:[7]
