Charlotte de La Marck

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French noblewoman (1574–1594)

Charlotte de La Marck

suo jure Duchess of Bouillon
Born| 5 November 1574
Died| 15 May 1594(1594-05-15) (aged 19)
Spouse| Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
Father| Henri-Robert de la Marck
Mother| Françoise de Bourbon

Charlotte de La Marck (5 November 1574 - 15 May 1594) was a ruling Princess of Sedan and a Duchess of Bouillon in her own right between 1588 and 1594.[1] Her titles and the principality of Sedan passed in to the House of La Tour d'Auvergne through her marriage without issue.

## Biography

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The last surviving child of Henri-Robert de la Marck Duke of Bouillon and Françoise de Bourbon. She was a member of the House of La Marck. Her older brother Guillaume-Robert died without surviving issue, and as such, Charlotte became the heiress to the Duchy of Bouillon, the Principality of Sedan and various other titles in 1588.

Her marriage was arranged by King Henri IV himself. Her husband was the son of the Viscount of Turenne and Eléonore de Montmorency, daughter of Anne de Montmorency. The couple were married on 19 November 1591. Upon marriage, her spouse became her co-ruler and shared her titles.

She died giving birth to a son who died the very same day. Charlotte herself died a week after. She was buried at the Church of Saint-Laurent in Sedan.

Her husband later claimed the Duchy of Bouillon as his own and in 1676, his grandson Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne officially received Bouillon and Sedan. The Bouillon line of the House of La Marck died out with Charlotte.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Charlotte de La Marck

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| 8\. Robert III de La Marck|

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| 17\. Catherine de Croÿ

| 4\. Robert IV de La Marck|

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| 18\. Robert de Sarrebruck, Count of Roucy

| 9\. Guillemette de Sarrebruck|

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| 19\. Marie d'Amboise

| 2\. Henri-Robert de la Marck|

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| 20\. Jacques de Brézé, Count of Maulévrier

| 10\. Louis de Brézé, Count of Maulévrier|

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| 21\. Charlotte de Valois

| 5\. Françoise de Brézé|

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| 22\. Jean de Poitiers, Lord of Saint-Vallier

| 11\. Diane de Poitiers|

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| 23\. Jeanne de Batarnay

| 1\. Charlotte de La Marck|
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| 24\. John VIII, Count of Vendôme

| 12\. Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon|

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| 25\. Isabelle de Beauvau

| 6\. Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier|

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| 26\. Gilbert, Count of Montpensier

| 13\. Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier|

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| 27\. Clara Gonzaga

| 3\. Françoise de Bourbon|

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| 28\. Philippe de Longwy, Lord of Pagny

| 14\. Jean de Longwy, Lord of Givry|

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| 29\. Jeanne de Bauffremont

| 7\. Jacqueline de Longwy|

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| 30\. Charles, Count of Angoulême

| 15\. Jeanne legitimée d'Angoulême|

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| 31\. Antoinette de Polignac

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## References

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1. ^ Pierre Congar, Jean Lecaillon et Jacques Rousseau, Sedan et le pays sedanais, vingt siècles d’histoire, Éditions F.E.R.N., 1969, 577 p.