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 Montpensier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Confiscated by King Francis I, the countship was restored in 1538 to Louise de Bourbon, sister of the constable, and widow of the prince de La Roche-sur-Yon, and to her son Louis (1513–1582), and was erected into a duchy in the peerage of France (duché-pairie) in 1539.
Marie, daughter and heiress of Henry, Duke of Montpensier, brought the duchy to her husband Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIII, whom she married in 1626, and their daughter and heiress, known as La Grande Mademoiselle was duchess of Montpensier.
Mademoiselle de Montpensier was a title conferred upon some women of the royal family, namely during the years previous to the French Revolution.
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 Anne, Duchess of Montpensier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, duchesse de Montpensier (May 29, 1627 - April 5, 1693), French memoir-writer, was born at the Louvre.
Her mother was Marie de Bourbon, heiress of the Montpensier family.
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Her mother was Marie de Bourbon of the Montpensier family.
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The French lordship of Montpensier (départment of Puy-de-Dôme), became a countship in the 14th century.
Confiscated by King Francis I, the countship was restored in 1538 to Louise de Bourbon, sister of the constable, and widow of the prince de La Roche-sur-Yon, and to her son Louis (1513-1582), and was erected into a duchy in the peerage of France (duché-pairie) in 1539.
The title subsequently remained in the Orléans family, and was borne in particular by Antoine Philippe (1775-1807), son of Philippe Egalité, and by Antoine Marie Philippe Louis (1824-1890), son of King Louis-Philippe and father-in-law of King Alphonso XII of Spain.
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She narrated to the duchess the various extraordinary adventures and the narrow escapes which the prince had met with in the course of his wanderings in England; she told her how dutiful and kind he had been to her as a son, and how efficient and courageous in his father's cause as a soldier.
Anne Maria, in after years, wrote reminiscences of her early life, which were published after her death.
In Anne Maria's memoirs of her early life, we have a vivid description of many of the scenes in which both she herself and Charles were such prominent actors.
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 History of King Charles II of England By Jacob Abbot- Chapter 5 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
His mother, Anne of Austria, was made regent, and authorized to govern the country until the young king should arrive at a suitable age to exercise his hereditary powers in his own name.
Anne of Austria had been always very kind to Henrietta, and had always rendered her assistance whenever she had been reduced to any special extremity of distress.
Anne Maria gives a very minute account of what took place between herself and Charles on several occasions in the course of their acquaintance, and describes particularly various balls, and parties, and excursions of pleasure on which she was attended by the young prince.
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Anne Maria amused herself with the fears, and difficulties, and privations which the others suffered, and she gives an account of the first night they spent in the place of their retreat, which, as it illustrates her temperament and character, the reader will like perhaps, to see.
Anne Maria gives a minute account of the ride of the royal family to meet Charles on his approach to Compiegne, and of the interview with him, on her part, which attended it.
The queen told Anne Maria, on the other hand, that she supposed she ought to congratulate her on the death of the Empress of Germany, for, though the negotiation for her marriage with him had failed on a former occasion, she had no doubt it would be resumed now, and would be successful.
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 Anne Marie Louise de Montpensier
She was the daughter of Gaston d'Orleans, younger brother of Louis XIII and heir-presumptive to the throne, and of Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier.
Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin wished her to marry Emperor Ferdinand III to strengthen France's alliance with Austria and Spain; Gaston (for his own reasons) would choose either the exiled Prince of Wales (the future English king, Charles II) or the Duke of Savoy.
Montpensier spent the next ten years working for his release, finally agreeing to give much of her wealth to one of Montespan's sons.
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 Gaston, Duke of Orléans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1627), daughter and heiress of Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (d.
Anne, Duchess of Montpensier (1627–1693) (La Grand Mademoiselle)
Elizabeth (December 26, 1646, Paris – March 17, 1696, Versailles), duchesse d'Alençon, married at St.
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 Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, Duchess de --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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The result was a short sojourn in the (A jail (literally, a French jail)) Bastille, but he soon returned to his functions of court buffoon.
Meanwhile, (Click link for more info and facts about Anne, Duchess of Montpensier) Anne, Duchess of Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle) had fallen in love with the little man, whose ugliness seems to have exercised a certain fascination over many women.
He naturally encouraged one of the greatest heiresses in Europe, and the wedding was fixed for December 20 1670, when on the 18th Louis sent for his cousin and forbade the marriage.
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One of them, the comte de Guiche, became the lover of Henrietta Anne Stuart, Duchess of Orléans, while Catherine Charlotte, afterwards princess of Monaco, was the object of the one passion of Lauzun's life.
Puyguilhem (or Péguilin, as contemporaries simplified his name) rapidly rose in Louis XIV's favour, became colonel of the royal regiment of dragoons, and was gazetted marechal de camp.
Meanwhile, Anne, Duchess of Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle) had fallen in love with the little man, whose ugliness seems to have exercised a certain fascination over many women.
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 ETAMPES, ANNE DE PISSELEU - Online Information article about ETAMPES, ANNE DE PISSELEU
Paris (1530), the king and Anne occupied the same window.
influence of the duchesse d'Etampes, especially in the last years of the reign, was considerable.
Meudon, belonging to the Sanguin family, was handed over to the duchesse d'Etampes in 1539.
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Lully was made one of the Duchess’ three garçons de chambre, and became a favorite, not least for his brazen wit.
As she was complimenting the caretaker on his swift fulfillment of her wish, the figure came to life and bolted from the plinth — she recognized young Lully just as he sprinted into the bushes.) Lully honed his skills as a violinist, harpsichordist, dancer and courtier during his six years of service with Mlle.
When the Duchess was exiled to her château at St. Fargeau in December 1652 for siding with the Fronde against Mazarin, regent during the minority of Louis XIV, Lully quit her service and returned to Paris.
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 Jean-Baptiste Lully - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Florence, the son of a miller, Lully had little education, musical or otherwise, but learned to play the guitar and violin.
In 1646, he was discovered by the Duke of Guise and taken to France by him, where he entered the services of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (la Grande Mademoiselle) as scullery-boy.
With the help of this lady his musical talents were cultivated.
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François (†1592), dauphin d'Auvergne: quarterly Montpensier moderne and Dauphiné d'Auvergne (N), duc de Saint-Fargeau 1575, duc de Montpensier 1582: quarterly Montpensier moderne (with a crescent) and Montpensier ancien (with a canton of Dauphiné) (CJ), duc de Châtellerault 1583
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 Gaston, duc d'Orléans
Then exiled by Jules Mazarin to Blois in 1652 he remained there until his death on the 2nd of February 1660.
Gaston's first wife was Marie, daughter and heiress of Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (d.
By Marie he left a daughter, Anne Marie, duchesse de Montpensier; and by Marguerite he left three daughters, Marguerite Louise, wife of Cosimo III, grand duke of Tuscany; Elizabeth, wife of Louis Joseph, duke of Guise; and Françoise Madeleine, wife of Charles Emmanuel II, duke of Savoy.
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Los d'Orleans de Anne Marie Louise, duchesse de Montpensier (de mayo el 29 de 1627 - de abril el 5 de 1693), memoria-escritor francés, fueron llevados en la lumbrera.
Su madre era Marie de Bourbon, heredera de la familia de Montpensier.
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In 1473, Pierre de Bourbon marries Anne of France, girl of Louis XI.
This one is made call Anne de Beaujeu then, become Régente of the kingdom of France into 1483, it gives its weapons to Villefranche into 1514 and names it capital Beaujolais wine.
Its downward Marie of Bourbon-Montpensier marries Gaston of Orleans from which it has an only daughter, Anne-Marie-Louise of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier and baronne of the Beaujolais wine, more known under the name of Grande Miss.
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