Charlotte (Trémoille) de la Trémoille (abt. 1599 - 1664)

Born about Dec 1599 in Thouars, Poitou, France

Ancestors

Wife of James Stanley KG — married 26 Jun 1626 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1664 at about age 64 in Chester, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Charlotte de la Trémoille was the daughter of Claude de la Trémoille, 2nd Duc de Thouars, and his wife, Charlotte Brabantine of Nassau, daughter of William 'the Silent' of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his third wife, Charlotte de Bourbon.^[1]

Her birth date is not clear, stated as December 1599 by one secondary source^[2] and circa 1602 by another^[3] but neither give any primary sources.

Marriage

She married 26 June 1626, James Stanley, then known by the title Lord Strange, son and heir of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, and his wife, Elizabeth de Vere.^[1]

Her portion or dowry amounted to £24,000^[1] which was used to buy lands in England to be settled on the couple according to a charter dated 25 March 1629.^[4]

She had letters of denization from Charles I, in September 1626,^[1] noted in the Privy Seals 6 September^[5] and the Patent Rolls 12 September^[1] but apparently wasn't actually naturalised by taking the oath before the Lord Keeper until 29 January 1628/29.^[6]

Children

They had nine children, five sons, and four daughters;

1. Charles Stanley, born 19 January 1627/28, succeeded his father as 8th Earl of Derby;^[1]
2. Charlotte, born 15 March 1628/29, died young and was buried in Westminster Abbey on 4 April 1629;^[7]
3. Henriette-Maria (or Mary), born 17 November 1630, married 1), Richard, Viscount Molyneux; 2) William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, and died 27 December 1685;^[7]
4. Katherine, born 4 December 1631, married Henry Pierrepont, Marquess of Dorchester;^[7]
5. Amelia Anna Sophia, married John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, her descendants eventually succeeded to Isle of Man, and title Lord Strange;
6. Henry Frederick, born 24 February 1634/35^[7] and died young and was buried 14 April 1635 at Ormskirk
7. James, born 2 November 1636, died young 27 March 1638 and was buried at Ormskirk;^[7]
8. Edward, born 7 January 1638, died unmarried at Portsmouth and was buried at Ormskirk 7 March 1664;^[7]
9. William, born 18 November 1641, died unmarried and was buried at Ormskirk 23 December 1670.^[7]

Death and burial

Charlotte, Countess Dowager of Derby died 21 March 1663/64 at Chester^[1] or possibly Knowsley and was buried in the Derby Channcel at Church of St Peter and Paul, Ormskirk 6 April 1664.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, 2nd ed. vol. 4, revised & edited by Hon. Vicary Gibbs & H. Arthur Doubleday, London: St Catherine Press, 1916. pp. 214-215. Digital image, Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo04coka/page/n7 : accessed 6 January 2019.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlotte_Stanley,_Countess_of_Derby&oldid=862745854 (accessed January 6, 2019).
3. ↑ van de Pas, Leo F.M., Father of Europe: Introduction to descendants of William 'the Silent' Prince of Orange, 1533-1584, Mosman Park, Western Australia, self-published, 1998., pp. 11 & 249-250.
4. ↑ DDK/11/11b, 'Charlotte Duchess de la Tremouille, James Lord Strange and Lady Charlotte, daughter of Claude Duke of Tremouille and Thowars, deceased, to William Earl of Pembroke and others', in National Archives, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e84ed424-34fc-443b-9c05-fbf5e45a4b67
5. ↑ Calendar of State Papers, Domestic series of the reign of Charles I. 1625, 1626, edited by John Bruce, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858. p. 573. Digital image, Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_c63mpcAdImYC : accessed 6 January 2019.
6. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, 2nd ed., vol. 14-Addenda & Corrigenda, edited by Peter W. Hammond, p. 252, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998. Digital image, FamilySearch
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Draper, Peter, The House of Stanley; Including the sieges of Lathom House with notices of relative and co-temporary incidents, &c, Ormskirk: T. Hutton, 1864. pp. 242-246. Electronic edition,http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/hs1864/p242.htm : accessed 6 January 2019.
8. ↑ Burial: 6 Apr 1664 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire Sharlett [Stanley], Countess Dowager of Derby - Died: 22 Mar 1663/4 Abode: Knowsley Notes: Departed this life at Knowsley xxii day of March 1663. Entombed in her owne Chancell the sixth. Post Funera Virtus Register: Burials 1656 - 1678, Page 175, Entry 7 Source: LDS Film 1849663 On-Line Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #82827107, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 January 2019), memorial page for Lady Charlotte de la Trémoïlle Stanley (1599–22 Mar 1664), citing Ss Peter and Paul Churchyard, Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735) .