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Antoinette de Bourbon-La Marche (25 December 1493-22 January 1583) was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine. Through her eldest daughter, Mary of Guise, Queen consort of King James V of Scotland, she was the maternal grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Family and marriage Antoinette was born on 25 December 1493 at the Chateau de Ham, in the Somme department, Picardy, France, the eldest daughter of François, Count of Vendôme and Marie de Luxembourg. She had four brothers and a sister. Her paternal grandparents were Jean VIII, Count of Vendome and Isabelle de Beauveau. Her maternal grandparents were Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Marguerite of Savoy. She married Claude of Lorraine on 9 June 1513. Together they had 12 children.[1]
25 DEC 1493 Place: Chateau de Ham, Somme department, Picardy, France
22 JAN 1583 Place: Château de Joinville, Champagne, France
Antoinette was described as having been a remarkable woman, combining a strong sense of family pride with a wry sense of humour. She exhibited considerable administrative talent at domestic economy as well as in the running of the vast Guise dominions surrounding their chateau of Joinville.
She exerted a powerful influence on the childhood of her granddaughter Mary, Queen of Scots during the latter's thirteen-year sojourn in France[2], and was one of her principal advisors. Antoinette acted as proxy for her daughter, Mary of Guise during the betrothal ceremony of the Queen of Scots and the Dauphin Francis in 1558.
Antoinette de Bourbon died on 22 January 1583 at the Chateau de Joinville. She was eighty-nine years of age, having outlived all of her children save her daughter Reneé, Abbess of St. Pierre. Her cherished granddaughter, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed four years after her death.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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