Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne

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Spouse Lorenzo II de' Medici

Issue

Catherine, Queen of France

Noble family La Tour d'Auvergne (by birth)

House of Medici (by marriage)

Father John III, Count of Auvergne

Mother Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme

Born 1501

Died April 28, 1519

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (c. 1501 – April 28, 1519) was a younger daughter of Jean III de La Tour (1467–March 28, 1501), Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais, and Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme (1465–1511).[2] She was a penultimate representative of the senior branch of the house de La Tour d'Auvergne. Madeleine is perhaps best well known for being the mother of Catherine de' Medici, the future Queen of France.

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1 Marriage negotiations

2 Wedding celebrations

3 Death

4 Inheritance

5 Ancestry

6 See also

7 References

8 Sources

[edit] Marriage negotiations

As part of his efforts to gain power in Italy, Francis I of France turned to making certain strategic alliances. On 8 December 1515, he and Pope Leo X met and signed an agreement of friendship, in which Francis agreed to ensure the Vatican's authority over the Catholic Church in France, and Leo promised to support Francis' claim to the throne of Naples.[3] This agreement, like most others of the time, was cemented with a marriage alliance. Leo's nephew Lorenzo II de' Medici had just become the leader of the Florentine republic in 1516. Francis wrote to congratulate him by stating, "I intend to help you with all my power. I also wish to marry you off to some beautiful and good lady of noble birth and of my kin, so that the love which I bear you may grow and be strengthened".[4] The "good lady" Francis proposed: his wealthy and distant relative Madeleine. Lorenzo duly accepted, as it was a great honor to be tied to the French royal family, especially since he was merely a commoner, albeit an extremely wealthy one.[5] For Madeleine and her family, they were delighted to be tied into the sphere of the Pope himself.[6]

[edit] Wedding celebrations

She married Duke Lorenzo II de' Medicis in Château d'Amboise on May 5, 1518.[7] Their wedding was a sumptuous festival that marked not only their union, but also the birth of a dauphin for Francis I.[8] As with the other festivities Francis put on throughout his life, dancing figured very prominently. Dancing was done mostly in the Italian style. Seventy-two ladies were disguised in Italian, German, and other fashionable costumes, making for quite a rich display of silk and color.[9] Francis gave Madeleine 10,000 gold coins, while Lorenzo offered rich gifts to France's nobility.[10]

[edit] Death

She died in Italy shortly before her husband on 28 April of the following year, of what is believed to have been the plague (some speculate that it may have been syphilis given to her from her husband). She had just given birth to a daughter, Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589), the future Queen Consort of France.[11]

[edit] Inheritance

As both of their parents were deceased, Madeleine and her elder sister Anne shared extensive properties in Auvergne, Clermont, Berry, Castres, and Louraguais.[12] Anne inherited Auvergne and married John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany in 1505. She outlived Madeleine by five years but died childless, after which the Counties of Auvergne and Boulogne as well as the barony of La Tour passed to Madeleine's daughter Catherine de' Medici and then to the French Crown.

[edit] Ancestry

1 Herself Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne

2 Father John III, Count of Auvergne

3 Mother Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendome

4 Father's Father Bertrand VI of Auvergne

5 Father's Mother Louise de la Tremoille

6 Mother's Father Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme

7 Mother's Mother Isabelle de Beauvau

8 Father's Father's Father Bertrand V de la Tour

9 Father's Father's Mother Jacquette du Peschin

10 Father's Mother's Father Georges de la Tremoille

11 Father's Mother's Mother Catherine de L'Isle-Bouchard

12 Mother's Father's Father Louis, Count of Vendome

13 Mother's Father's Mother Jeanne of Laval

14 Mother's Mother's Father Louis de Beauvau

15 Mother's Mother's Mother Marguerite de Chambley

16 Father's Father's Father's Father Bertrand IV of la Tour

17 Father's Father's Father's Mother Marie I, Countess of Auvergne

18 Father's Father's Mother's Father Louis du Peschin

19 Father's Father's Mother's Mother Ysoul de Sully

20 Father's Mother's Father's Father Guy de La Trémoïlle

21 Father's Mother's Father's Mother Marie de Sully

22 Father's Mother's Mother's Father Jean de L'Isle-Bouchard

23 Father's Mother's Mother's Mother Jeanne de Bueil

24 Mother's Father's Father's Father John I, Count of La Marche

25 Mother's Father's Father's Mother Catherine de Vendôme

26 Mother's Father's Mother's Father Guy XIII de Laval

27 Mother's Father's Mother's Mother Anne de Laval

28 Mother's Mother's Father's Father Pierre de Beauveau

29 Mother's Mother's Father's Mother Jeanne de Craon

30 Mother's Mother's Mother's Father Ferry V de Chambley

31 Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother Jeanne de Lannoy

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Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (c. 1501 – April 28, 1519) was a younger daughter of Jean III de La Tour (1467–March 28, 1501), Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais, and Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme (1465–1511).[2] She was a penultimate representative of the senior branch of the house de La Tour d'Auvergne. Madeleine is perhaps best known for being the mother of Catherine de' Medici, the future Queen of France.

As part of his efforts to gain power in Italy, Francis I of France turned to making certain strategic alliances. On 8 December 1515, he and Pope Leo X met and signed an agreement of friendship, in which Francis agreed to ensure the Vatican's authority over the Catholic Church in France, and Leo promised to support Francis' claim to the throne of Naples.[3] This agreement, like most others of the time, was cemented with a marriage alliance. Leo's nephew Lorenzo II de' Medici had just become the leader of the Florentine republic in 1516. Francis wrote to congratulate him by stating, "I intend to help you with all my power. I also wish to marry you off to some beautiful and good lady of noble birth and of my kin, so that the love which I bear you may grow and be strengthened".[4] The "good lady" Francis proposed: his wealthy and distant relative Madeleine. Lorenzo duly accepted, as it was a great honor to be tied to the French royal family, especially since he was merely a commoner, albeit an extremely wealthy one.[5] For Madeleine and her family, they were delighted to be tied into the sphere of the Pope himself.[6]

[edit]Wedding celebrations

She married Duke Lorenzo II de' Medicis in Château d'Amboise on May 5, 1518.[7] Their wedding was a sumptuous festival that marked not only their union, but also the birth of a dauphin for Francis I.[8] As with the other festivities Francis put on throughout his life, dancing figured very prominently. Dancing was done mostly in the Italian style. Seventy-two ladies were disguised in Italian, German, and other fashionable costumes, making for quite a rich display of silk and color.[9] Francis gave Madeleine 10,000 gold coins, while Lorenzo offered rich gifts to France's nobility.[10]

[edit]Death

She died in Italy shortly before her husband on 28 April of the following year, of what is believed to have been the plague (some speculate that it may have been syphilis given to her from her husband). She had just given birth to a daughter, Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589), the future Queen Consort of France.[11]

[edit]Inheritance

As both of their parents were deceased, Madeleine and her elder sister Anne shared extensive properties in Auvergne, Clermont, Berry, Castres, and Louraguais.[12] Anne inherited Auvergne and married John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany in 1505. She outlived Madeleine by five years but died childless, after which the Counties of Auvergne and Boulogne as well as the barony of La Tour passed to Madeleine's daughter Catherine de' Medici and then to the French Crown.

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    Madeleine de la Tour was the daughter of Jean III de la Tour, Comte d'Auvergne and Jeanne de Bourbon.1 She married Lorenzo II de Medici, Duca di Urbino, son of Piero II de Medici and Alfonsina Orsini, on 2 May 1518. A contract for the marriage of Madeleine de la Tour and Lorenzo II de Medici, Duca di Urbino was signed on 16 January 1517/18.1 She died on 23 April 1519.1

    From 16 January 1517/18, her married name became de Medici.1 Child of Madeleine de la Tour and Lorenzo II de Medici, Duca di Urbino 1.Catherine de Medici+ b. 13 Apr 1519, d. 5 Jan 1589 Citations 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 82. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.