Catherine Henriette de Bourbon

Légitimée de France

Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (11 November 1596 – 20 June 1663) was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France and his long-term maîtresse en titre Gabrielle d'Estrées. She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise.

Issue

• Charles III of Elbeuf (1620–4 May 1692)
• Henri (1622–3 April 1648) never married; Abbot of Hombieres
• François Louis, Count of Harcourt (1623–27 June 1694), married and had issue;
• François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne (4 April 1624 – 19 January 1694); married and had issue
• Catherine (1626–1645)
• Marie Marguerite (1629–7 August 1679) known as Mademoiselle d'Elboeuf; died unmarried and childless

References and notes

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Sources

• Gerber, Matthew (2012). Bastards: Politics, Family, and Law in Early Modern France. Oxford University Press.
• Pitts, Vincent J. (2009). Henri IV of France: His Reign and Age. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Spangler, Jonathan (2009). The Society of Princes; the Lorraine-Guise and the conservation of power and wealth in the Seventeenth Century. Ashgate.