Claudine de la Tour-Turenne
Claudine de La Tour-Turenne (1520–1591) was a lady-in-waiting of Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615), the spouse of the French king Henri IV (1553–1610). By birth, she was member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne.
Early life[edit]
She was born in 1520 as the eldest child of François II de la Tour, Vicomte de Turenne (1497-1532) and his second wife Anne de La Tour de Boulogne, Dame de Montgascon (1492-1530).
Marriage[edit]
On October 31, 1535, Claudine married, at the age of 15, Justus II, seigneur of Tournon and count of Roussillon (1510–1557).[1] They had a son and a number of daughters:
- Just Louis IV de Tournon, Count de Roussillon, Baron de Durteil (d. 1617), married Madeleine de La Rochefoucauld. They had two daughters:
- Madeleine; married to Gaspard d'Alègre, Seigneur de Beauvoir; no issue
- Francoise (b. 1621); married to Gaspard de Polignac, Vicomte de Polignac, Marquis de Chalencon (1579-1659). They were ancestors of Dukes of Polignac and House of Monaco.
- Claudine de Tournon-Roussillon (d. 1586), married Philibert de Rye, Count de Varax (d. 1597). They had at least six children:[2]
- Claude de Rye, baron of Balançon, appointed gentilhombre de la cámara to the Cardinal-Infant on 2 May 1635, married Claudine-Prospère de la Baume; daughters Madeleine and Eléonore were ladies-in-waiting to Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Netherlands.
- François de Rye, sumilher da cortina of the archdukes in 1606.
- Christophe de Rye de La Palud, Count de Varax (d. 1637); married Eleonore de Chabot (1570–1618); had issue.
- Anne-Marguerite de Rye, married Guillaume de Richardot, baron of Lembeek and later count of Galmaarden.
- Antoinette de Rye, married Gaspar, the uncle of Ferdinand le Blanc d'Andelot
- Alexandrine de Rye (1589–1666); married Count Leonhard II von Taxis (1594-1628). They were progenitors of the House of Thurn und Taxis.
- Hélène de Tournon, a maid of honour to Margeruite de Valois; died of a sudden illness as Marguerite and her retinue were traveling by boat through the bishopric of Liège.[1]
Legacy[edit]
It has been suggested that the references to "bright queen Margot" and "Claudine" in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita are references to Claudine, mother of a large family and widowed at 37, and Marguerite.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b France), Queen Marguerite (consort of Henry IV, King of (1892). Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre: Written by Her Own Hand. Newly Translated in English with an Introduction and Notes by Violet Fane [pseud.] with Eight Portraits from Contemporary Engravings. J. C. Nimmo. pp. 158, 178.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Houben, Birgit (2021). ""Vous estez les premiers vassaux que j'aye et que j'aime le plus."". In Vermeir, René; Raeymaekers, Dries; Muñoz, José Eloy Hortal (eds.). "Vous estez les premiers vassaux que j'aye et que j'aime le plus.": Burgundians in the Brussels courts of the widowed Isabella and of the Cardinal-Infant don Ferdinand (1621-1641). The Courts and Households of Habsburg Europe, 1555–1665. Vol. 15. Leuven University Press. pp. 223–254. doi:10.2307/j.ctt14jxsxk.10. ISBN 978-90-5867-990-1. JSTOR j.ctt14jxsxk.10. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Boyarskaya, Natalia (2009-12-15). "A la recherche de Claudine ou le libertinage démoniaque". Études de lettres (in French) (4): 39–54. doi:10.4000/edl.306. ISSN 0014-2026.
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