Marie of Lorraine

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Marie of Lorraine
File:Detail of portrait by Nicolas Fouché of Marie de Lorraine (1674-1724).jpg
Marie in 1693
Princess of Monaco
Consort 1 January 1701 – 30 October 1724
Born (1674-08-12)12 August 1674
Paris, France
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Prince's Palace, Monaco
Burial Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco
Spouse Antonio I, Prince of Monaco
Issue
Detail		 Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco
Margherita, Princess d'Isenghien
Full name
Marie de Lorraine
House Lorraine
Father Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac
Mother Catherine de Neufville

Marie de Lorraine (12 August 1674 – 30 October 1724) was a princess of the House of Lorraine-Guise and Princess of Monaco as consort of Antonio I of Monaco. She was the mother of Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, the only sovereign Princess of Monaco.

Mademoiselle d'Armagnac

Marie was the ninth of fourteen children born to Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac and Catherine de Neufville.[1] Her father was a member of the House of Guise, cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, where he held the rank of a prince étranger at the French court.[2] Mademoiselle d'Armagnac.[3] Her mother was a daughter of Nicolas de Neufville-Villeroy, a marshal of France and the governor of Louis XIV during the latter's youth.

Duchess of Valentinois

The couple signed their wedding contract on 8 June 1688.[4] In a ceremony conducted by Pierre du Cambout de Coislin in the royal chapel of Versailles, Marie married Antonio Grimaldi, Duke of Valentinois on 13 June 1688.[1] As part of the marriage contract, Louis XIV gave the House of Grimaldi the official rank of Foreign Princes at court.[5]

Her husband was the son and heir of Louis I, Prince of Monaco and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, a former mistress of Louis XIV who had arranged the marriage between Marie and Antonio.[6] Court gossips later stated that the match had been a scheme of Madame de Maintenon, who feared that if she did not remove Marie from court she would become mistress to the king. However Madame de Maintenon wrote that Marie was one of the most "likeable women in the kingdom".[7]

Saint-Simon described her in his Memoirs: "the Duchesse de Valentinois was a charming young thing... spoilt by her parents' fondness for her and by the attentions of the courtiers who frequented the Lorraine household ... [The beautiful daughters] who were its chief adornment attracted the most glittering young men. Her husband, very sensibly, realized he hadn't the upper hand",[6] and Madame de La Fayette described her as "more of an elegant flirt than all of the ladies of the kingdom put together".[6]

Marie was sent to Monaco by her consort during his military service in 1692, where she was joined by her spouse some time later. There was a great scandal when she claimed that her father in law, the elderly Prince Louis I, had made unwanted sexual advances towards her,[6] possibly as a way to receive permission to return to Paris,[6] which she did in 1693 and remained for the next four years; the couple returned to Monaco in 1697.[6]

After it was clear that Marie was not going to give birth to a son, her husband began a series of badly concealed affairs.[6] Her husband fathered numerous illegitimate children during the marriage.

Princess of Monaco

At the death of her father-in-law, her husband succeeded to the principality of Monaco in 1701. She lived in Monaco with her consort until 1712[6] and their relationship was described as unhappy but peaceful. In reality, they lived apart; Antoine in the Giardinetto, a cottage he had built for his lover, Mademoiselle Montespan, and Marie in her pavilion, Mon Desert.[6]

Marie spent the last years of her life quietly, frequently returning to the French court. She died at the Prince's Palace in Monaco, having organised the marriages of her two surviving daughters, Louise Hippolyte and Margherita. She was buried at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Monaco. Her husband died in 1731 and was succeeded by their daughter Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi who became Princess of Monaco in her own right. She married Jacques Goyon, Count de Matignon and is a direct ancestress of the reigning Albert II of Monaco.

Issue

  1. Caterina Charlotte Grimaldi, Mademoiselle de Monaco (7 October 1691 – 18 June 1696) died in infancy.
  2. Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, Princess of Monaco (10 November 1697 – 29 December 1731) married Jacques Goyon de Matignon.[1]
  3. Elisabetta Charlotte Grimaldi, Mademoiselle de Valentinois (3 November 1698 – 25 August 1702) died in infancy.
  4. Margherita Camilla Grimaldi, Mademoiselle de Carlades (1 May 1700 – 27 April 1758) married Louis de Gand de Mérode de Montmorency, Prince of Isenghien.
  5. Maria Devota Grimaldi, Mademoiselle des Baux (15 March 1702 – 24 October 1703) died in infancy.
  6. Maria Paolina Teresa Devota Grimaldi, Mademoiselle de Chabreuil (23 October 1708 – 20 May 1726) died unmarried.

Titles and styles

  • 12 August 1674 – 13 June 1688 Mademoiselle d'Armagnac
  • 13 June 1688 – 1 January 1701 Her Highness the Duchess of Valentinois[1]
  • 1 January 1701 – 30 October 1724 Her Highness the Princess of Monaco

Ancestry

Family of Marie of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. René de Lorraine-Guise, Marquis d'Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles de Lorraine-Guise, Duke d'Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Louise de Rieux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Henri de Lorraine, Count d'Harcourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Léonor Chabot, Count de Charny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Marguerite de Chabot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Françoise de Longwy-Rye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. François du Cambout, seigneur du Cambout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Charles du Cambout, Marquis de Coislin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Louise du Plessis de Richelieu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Marguerite Philippe du Cambout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Charles de Beurges, seigneur de Seury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Philippe de Beurges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Jeanne Lescoët, Dame de Mogulaye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Marie de Lorraine-Armagnac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Nicolas IV de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Charles de Neufville, Marquis de Villeroy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Madeleine de L'Aubespine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Nicolas de Neufville, Duke de Villeroy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Nicolas de Harlay, Baron de Maule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Jacqueline de Harlay de Sancy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Marie Moreau, Dame de Grosbois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Catherine de Neufville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Antoine de Blanchefort de Créquy, seigneur de Saint-Janvrin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Charles de Blanchefort de Créquy, Duke de Créquy, Prince de Poix
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Chrétienne d'Aguerre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Marie de Créquy, dame de Mions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. François de Bonne, Duke de Lesdiguières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Madeleine de Bonne de Lesdiguières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Claudine de Berenger
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  3. ↑ Rabutin, Roger de, Correspondance de Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy avec sa Famille et ses Amis, p. 134
  4. ↑ Levantal, Christophe, Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790) Maisonneuve & Larose, 1996, p. 952
  5. ↑ Spangler, Jonathan, The Society of Princes: the Lorraine-Guise and the conservation of power and wealth in seventeenth-century France, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009, p. 136
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Vatout, Jean, Le château d'Eu: notices historiques, Volume 4, 1836, p. 284

External links

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Monegasque royalty
Preceded by Princess consort of Monaco
1 January 1701 – 30 October 1724		 Succeeded by
Jacques Goyon de Matingnon
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