Antoinette (de Bourbon-Vendôme) Bourbon-Vendôme (1493 - 1583)

Born 25 Dec 1493 in Chateau de Ham, Somme department, Picardy, France

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Died 22 Jan 1583 at age 89 in Château de Joinville, Champagne, France

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Biography

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]

Birth

25 DEC 1493 Place: Chateau de Ham, Somme department, Picardy, France

Death

22 JAN 1583 Place: Château de Joinville, Champagne, France

Children

• Mary of Guise (1515-1560), married King James V of Scotland in 1538. Their daughter was Mary, Queen of Scots
• Francis, Duke of Guise (1519-1563)
• Louise of Guise (January 10, 1520, Bar-le-Duc ? October 18, 1542), married Charles I, Duke of Arschot on February 20, 1541
• Renée of Guise (September 2, 1522 ? April 3, 1602), Abbess of St. Pierre, Reims
• Charles, Duke of Chevreuse, Archbishop of Reims and Cardinal of Guise (1524?1574)
• Claude, Duke of Aumale (1526?1573)
• Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (1527?1578)
• Philip (September 3, 1529, Joinville ? September 24, 1529, Joinville)
• Peter (b. April 3, 1530, Joinville), died young
• Antoinette of Guise (August 31, 1531, Joinville ? March 6, 1561, Joinville), Abbess of Faremoutier
• Francis, Grand Prior of the Order of Malta (April 18, 1534, Joinville ? March 6, 1563)
• René, Marquis of Elbeuf (1536?1566)

Domestic Affairs

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]}

Photo

• http://photos.geni.com/p6/4047/4802/53444836b263b582/Antoinette_de_Bourbon_large.jpg

Sources

1. ↑ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. ↑ Fraser, p. 43
3. ↑ Fraser, p. 42
4. ↑ Fraser, p. 75
5. ↑ Fraser, Antonia. Mary, Queen of Scots. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. ISBN 0297177737
6. ↑ thepeerage.com Accessed July 14, 2007
7. ↑ stirnet.com Accessed July 14, 2007

• Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
• Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 241. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile De Bourbon-Vendôme-1 created through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Aug 19, 2011 by Luiz Sergio Heinzelmann.