Anne (Montafié) de Bourbon (1577 - 1644)

Born 22 Jul 1577 in Paris, Île-de France, France

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1644 at age 66 in Hôtel de Soissons, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Biography

Anne de Montafié (or di Montafia), born in Paris on 22 July 1577, was the daughter of Louis de Montafié, Count of Montafié, Lord of Piedmont, Prince of Carignano, and his wife Jeanne de Coesme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable.

She married Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons, on 27 December 1601. They had five children, of whom three survived into adulthood:

1. Louise de Bourbon (1603-1637), married Henri II d'Orléans in 1617;
2. Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons (1604-1651), died in battle without legitimate issue;
3. Marie de Bourbon (1606-1692), countess of Soissons in her own right after her brother Louis's death, married Thomas Francis of Savoy-Carignano.

Anne died in Paris in her Hôtel de Soissons on 17 June 1644. She was buried in the Soissons family tomb in the charterhouse of Gaillon in Normandy. Her heart was left to the Monastère des Feuillans in Paris.

Sources

• Anne de Montafié
• Wikipedia [1]
• WikiTree profile Di Montafia-1 created through the import of Rider_Deshotel Family 040809.ged on Jul 21, 2011 by Nadine Rider. See the Montafia-1 Changes page for the details of edits by Nadine and others.