Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
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Henri de Bourbon-Condé was a French
Prince du Sang
and Huguenot
general like his more prominent father, Louis I, Prince of Condé
.
Henri was the eldest son of Louis of Bourbon-Condé and Eléanor de Roucy de Roye
. Of the eight children in his family, he and his brother François, Prince of Conti
were the only ones to have issue. He had a younger half-brother, Charles, Count of Soissons
, from his father's second marriage. His first cousin became King Henry IV of France
.
He married twice, first to his cousin, Marie of Cleves. Her mother was his father's sister. Marie was a great beauty, and supposedly King Henry III of France
had plans to break up their marriage in order to marry her himself, but she died of complications from childbirth
before he could do so. With Marie, Henri had one child:
Secondly, Henri married his second cousin once removed
, Charlotte Catherine de La Tremoille
(1568–1629), daughter of Louis III de La Trémoille
and granddaughter of Anne de Montmorency
. They had at least two children:
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Prince du Sang
Prince du Sang
A prince of the blood was a person who was legitimately descended in the male line from the monarch of a country. In France, the rank of prince du sang was the highest held at court after the immediate family of the king during the ancien régime and the Bourbon Restoration...
and Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
general like his more prominent father, Louis I, Prince of Condé
Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
Louis de Bourbon was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the House of Condé, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.-Life:...
.
Henri was the eldest son of Louis of Bourbon-Condé and Eléanor de Roucy de Roye
Eléanor de Roucy de Roye
Eléanor de Roucy de Roye, princesse de Condé was the eldest daughter and heiress of Charles, seigneur de Roye and de Muret, comte de Roucy. Her mother, Madeleine de Mailly, dame de Conti, was the daughter of Louise de Montmorency and half-sister of Admiral Coligny, d'Andelot, and Cardinal de...
. Of the eight children in his family, he and his brother François, Prince of Conti
François de Bourbon, prince de Conti
François de Bourbon, Prince de Conti was the third son of Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, who founded the House of Condé, and his first wife Eléanor de Roucy de Roye...
were the only ones to have issue. He had a younger half-brother, Charles, Count of Soissons
Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons
Charles de Bourbon was a French prince du sang and military commander during the struggles over religion and the throne in late 16th century France. A first cousin of King Henry IV of France, he was the son of the Huguenot leader Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his second wife, Françoise...
, from his father's second marriage. His first cousin became King Henry IV of France
Henry IV of France
Henry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....
.
He married twice, first to his cousin, Marie of Cleves. Her mother was his father's sister. Marie was a great beauty, and supposedly King Henry III of France
Henry III of France
Henry III was King of France from 1574 to 1589. As Henry of Valois, he was the first elected monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the dual titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.-Childhood:Henry was born at the Royal Château de Fontainebleau,...
had plans to break up their marriage in order to marry her himself, but she died of complications from childbirth
Maternal death
Maternal death, or maternal mortality, also "obstetrical death" is the death of a woman during or shortly after a pregnancy. In 2010, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, estimated global maternal mortality in 2008 at 342,900 , of...
before he could do so. With Marie, Henri had one child:
- Catherine (1574–1595), Marquise d'Isles
Secondly, Henri married his second cousin once removed
Cousin
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...
, Charlotte Catherine de La Tremoille
Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille
Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille was a French noblewoman and Princess of Condé by marriage. She was a member of the House of La Trémoille.-Biography:...
(1568–1629), daughter of Louis III de La Trémoille
Louis III de La Trémoille
Louis III de La Trémoille , 1st Duke of Thouars, was a sixteenth-century French nobleman of the La Tremoille family. He was the son of François II de La Trémoille and his wife, Anne de Laval....
and granddaughter of Anne de Montmorency
Anne de Montmorency
Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France.-Early life:...
. They had at least two children:
- Eleanor (1587–1619), married in 1606 to Philip William, Prince of OrangePhilip William, Prince of OrangePhilip William, Prince of Orange was the eldest son of William the Silent, who played an important role during the Dutch Revolt, by his first wife Anna van Egmont...
- Henry IIHenry II de Bourbon, prince de CondéHenri de Bourbon became Prince of Condé shortly after his birth, following the death of his father Henri I...
(1588–1646), Prince de Condé