Catherine (Lorraine) de Mayenne (abt. 1585 - 1618)

Born about 1585 in Royaume de France

Ancestors

Wife of Charles (Gonzaga) di Mantova — married 1 Feb 1599 in Soissons, Soissonnais, Île-de-France, France

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1618 at about age 33 in Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Biography

Catherine de Lorraine or de Mayenne, was the daughter of Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, amiral and Grand Chambellan de France, and his wife Henriette de Savoie, Marquise de Villars, Comtesse de Tende, and was probably born in 1585.^[1]

She married in February 1599 at Soissons, Charles de Gonzague (Carlo Gonzaga), 12th Duc de Nevers, Pair de France, who later succeeded to the Italian territories of Mantua e Montferrato.^[1]

She died aged 33, at the l'Hôtel de Nevers, in Paris, on 8 March 1618 and was buried in the choeur of Nevers Cathédrale.^[1]

Note

Note: {geni:about_me} Charles I, Duke of Mantua

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Children

He married Catherine of Mayenne, daughter of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne and Henriette of Savoy, Marquise de Villars. They had six children:

Francis I, Duke of Rethel (1606 - 1622).

Charles II Gonzaga, titular Duke of Mantua (1609 - 14 August 1631). His heir and nominal co-ruler. Better known as Duke of Nevers and Rethel. Married heiress Maria Gonzaga. They were parents to Eleanor of Mantua consort of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, and Charles III, Duke of Mantua.

Ferdinand, Duke of Mayenne (1610 - 25 May 1632).

Ludwika Maria Gonzaga (18 August 1611 - 10 May 1667). Married first W?adys?aw IV Vasa and secondly John II Casimir of Poland.

Benedetta Gonzaga (1614 - 30 September 1637).

Anna Maria Gonzaga (1616 - 6 July 1684). Married first Henry II, Duke of Guise and secondly Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} de la Chesnaye-Desbois, Francois-Alexander Aubert, Dictionnaire de la Nobelesse, 3rd ed., Vol. 12, Paris: Schelsinger freres, 1868, p. 418. Digital image, Internet Archive https://archive.org/stream/dictionnairedela12aube

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