Charlotte Louise Dorothée de Rohan (25 October 1767 – 1 May 1841) was the secret wife of the duc d'Enghien and a member of the House of Rohan.

Biography

Charlotte de Rohan was born in Paris. Her father was Charles Jules, Prince of Rochefort

Charles Jules, Prince of Rochefort

Charles Jules de Rohan was a French nobleman and Prince of Rochefort. He was the father of Charlotte Louise de Rohan, secret wife of the executed duc d'Enghien.-Biography:...

, a member of the House of Rohan, and her mother was Marie-Henriette d'Orléans-Rothelin, the last member of the House of Orléans-Rothelin. Related to the Dukes of Brittany, members of the House of Rohan ranked as Foreign Prince

Foreign Prince

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s or prince étrangers. This allowed them the style of Highness

Highness

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.

Charlotte married the duc d'Enghien in Baden

Baden

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 on 18 February 1804. On 21 March 1804, the duc d'Enghien was executed on the order of Emperor Napoléon

Napoleon I of France

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. A widow for the rest of her life, she died in Paris at the age of 73.

Among others, Charlotte was related to Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan, Madame de Guéméné, Governess of the Children of France

Governess of the Children of France

In France, the Governess of the Children of France , was charged with the education of the children and grand children of the monarch. The holder of the office was taken from the highest ranking nobility of France...

 for the children of Louis XVI

Louis XVI of France

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 and Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

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; and to Charlotte Élisabeth Godefride de Rohan.

Ancestry