Gabrielle de Rochechouart

Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart

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Gabrielle

Marchioness of Thianges

Spouse Claude Leonor Damas de Thianges

Full name

Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart

Noble family House of Damas

House of Rochechouart

Father Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart

Mother Diane de Grandseigne

Born 1633

Died 12 September 1693

Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marchioness of Thianges (1633 – 12 September 1693) was a French noblewoman. A great beauty and wit, she was the older sister of Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Madame de Montespan.

[edit] Biography

Gabrielle was the eldest child of Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart and his wife, Diane de Grandseigne. She joined the court in 1651 during the Fronde. She was originally placed by her parents in the household of the young king, Louis XIV. Later, she joined the household of his younger brother, Philippe, duc d'Anjou. Gabrielle and the duc d'Anjou remained close friends for the rest of their lives, even after he succeeded to the duchy of Orléans and became known at court as the notoriously flamboyant homosexual, Monsieur.

In 1655 she married Claude Leonor Damas de Thianges, Marquis of Thianges. The couple had four children, the third of whom married and had issue.

Although she may have been a mistress of Louis XIV, she never gained the power and influence over the king exercised by her younger sister, Madame de Montespan who became the king's maîtresse-en-titre in 1668. Gabrièlle was with her sister during the French military tour when Madame de Montespan became Louis XIV's mistress. She was also with the court when La Montespan gave birth to her daughter by Louis XIV, Mademoiselle de Nantes, at Tournai in June 1673.

Her daughter Diane married the homosexual Philippe Jules Mancini, duc de Nevers and nephew of Cardinal Mazarin. Through Diane, Gabrielle was the grandmother of Philippe Jules François Mancini and great-grandmother of Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, the prominent French diplomat and writer. She was very close to her daughter, Diane, as well as to her sister, La Montespan.

She died in 1693, roughly 60 years of age.

She is also an ancestor of the present Prince of Monaco through Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois She was a descendant of the duchesse de Polignac.

Issue

-1. Claude Henri Philibert Damas de Thianges, Marquis of Thianges (1663-4 January, 1708) married twice (1) Anne Claire de La Chapelle and had no issue; (2) married again to Anne Philippe de Harlay and had no issue;

-2. Diane Gabrielle Damas de Thianges, Duchess of Nevers (?-12 January, 1715) married Philippe Jules Mancini and had issue;

-3. Louise Elvide Damas de Thianges Duchess of Ognano married Luigi Sforza-Conti, Duca di Ognano & Segni on 30 October, 1678 had no issue;

-4. Gabrielle Damas de Thianges (?-c.1693) never married;

Ancestors of Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart

1 Herself:

Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart

2 Father:

Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Duke of Mortemart

3 Mother:

Diane de Grandseigne

4 Father's Father:

Gaspard de Rochechouart, Marquess of Mortemart

5 Father's Mother:

Louise de Maure, Countess of Maure

6 Mother's Father:

Jean de Grandseigne, Marquess of Marsillac

7 Mother's Mother:

Catherine de La Béraudière

8 Father's Father's Father:

René de Rochechouart, Lord of Mortemart

9 Father's Father's Mother:

Jeanne de Saulx de Tavannes

10 Father's Mother's Father:

Charles de Maure, Count of Maure

11 Father's Mother's Mother:

Diane de Pérusse des Cars, Princess of Carency

12 Mother's Father's Father:

Pierre de Grandseigne, Lord of La Flotte

13 Mother's Father's Mother:

Françoise Baillard

14 Mother's Mother's Father:

François de La Béraudière, Lord of Villechèze

15 Mother's Mother's Mother:

Anne Adrienne Frotier

Forrás / Source:

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