Эми Браун (королевская любовница)
| Эми Браун | |
|---|---|
 Портрет Эми Браун неизвестным художником | |
| Рожденный | 8 апреля 1783 года Мейдстон , Кент, Англия |
| Умер | 7 мая 1876 г. (в возрасте 93) Chateau de la contri, Франция |
| Spouses | Mr. Freeman Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (alleged) |
| Issue | Georgina Emma Marshall George Granville Brown John Freeman Robert Freeman Charlotte Marie de Bourbon, Comtesse d'Issoudun Louise Marie de Bourbon, Comtesse de Vierzon |
| Father | John L. Brown |
| Mother | Mary Ann Deacon |
Эми Браун (8 апреля 1783 года - 7 мая 1876 года) была английской любовницей Чарльза Фердинанда, герцога Берри , младшего сына короля Чарльза X из Франции и Марии Терезы Савой . Некоторые авторы заявили, что они поженились на секретной церемонии, которая проводилась в Англии ее отцом, протестантским пастором, но нет никаких доказательств этого. Вместе у них было две дочери; Однако, когда он вернулся во Францию, он был ограничен, чтобы положить конец своим отношениям по причинам государства.
Ранние годы
[ редактировать ]Эми Браун родилась 8 апреля 1783 года в Мейдстоне , Кент, [ 1 ] Англия, как пятый ребенок восьми, родился от Джона Л. (в других источниках по имени Джозеф) Браун, протестантский пастор, [ 2 ] и его жена Мэри Энн Дикон. К 1793 году четыре старшие братья и сестры Эми погибли в младенчестве или ранней молодости, и поэтому она стала старшей выжившей ребенком своих родителей.
On 10 January 1804 Amy gave birth a daughter, named Georgina Emma Marshall. Her second child, a son named Georges Granville Brown, was born on 20 February 1805 and ten months later, on 25 December, a third child, another son named John Freeman was also born. Apparently this last child was born in a legitimate marriage with a certain Mr. Freeman. Nothing further is recorded of her husband or his subsequent fate; however, author David Skuy describes Amy as having been a widow when she first met the duke.[3]
The Duke of Berry
[edit]Amy met Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry in 1805 in London, three years after the Bourbon royal family was exiled to England. As her son had been born in December of that year, it was likely that they had first met while she was pregnant, although the exact date of their meeting is not known. In late 1806 or early 1807, Amy gave birth to another son, named Robert Freeman; his surname established that Amy's husband appears as the official father, although it is probable that the Duke of Berry was the biological father of both John and Robert Freeman, but never recognised them. Robert died young, in 1823.
Amy perhaps married Charles Ferdinand in a secret ceremony conducted by her father in 1806, without the duke having first obtained permission from his family and ignoring the fact that as a non-Catholic, no son of Amy's could ever ascend the French throne.[4] As it turned out, they did not have a son (with the controversial exception of John and Robert Freeman), although Amy bore the duke two daughters:[5]
- Charlotte Marie Augustine de Bourbon, comtesse d'Issoudun (13 July 1808 – 13 July 1886),[6] married in 1823 Ferdinand de Faucigny-Lucinge, Prince of Lucinge, by whom she had issue. She is an ancestress of Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing, president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's wife.
- Louise Marie Charlotte de Bourbon, Comtesse de Vierzon (29 December 1809 – 26 December 1891), married in 1827 Charles de Charette de La Contrie, Baron de La Contrie, by whom she had issue. She is an ancestress of French minister Hervé de Charette. Her son Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie was a general and military commander.
After receiving the news of Napoleon's abdication, the duke returned to France in 1814, taking his daughters with him. Amy remained behind in England. Upon his return, he was constrained to separate Amy for political reasons. If it was real, the marriage was declared invalid due to the lack of royal consent to the match, and therefore the official position was that Amy had never been his wife at all but rather his mistress.[7] He subsequently married Maria Carolina (5 November 1798 – 17 April 1870), eldest daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, by whom he had four children, including Henri, Comte de Chambord, Legitimist pretender to the throne of France. He also fathered two illegitimate sons by dancer Eugénie-Virginie Oreille (8 August 1795 – October 1875), who was one of his many mistresses. The duke was assassinated by a saddler, Louis Pierre Louvel on 14 February 1820; while he lay dying, the duke asked to see Amy and his daughters, entrusting them to the care of his wife, who afterwards adopted the two girls.[8]
Death and legacy
[edit]Amy's son by her first marriage, John Freeman died 26 August 1866 in Zurich, Switzerland; and Amy herself died on 7 May 1876 at the age of ninety-three at the Chateau de La Contrie, France. Through her daughter, the Baronne de Charette, Amy is the ancestress of Hervé de Charette[9] (born 30 July 1938) the French Foreign Minister from 1995–1997
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Amy Brown". The Peerage].[unreliable source]
- ^ David Skuy, Assassination, power, and miracles: France and the Royalist reaction of 1820, (2003), McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada, ISBN 0-7735-2457-6, Google Books, p.4, retrieved 4-10-10
- ^ Skuy, p.4
- ^ Skuy, p. 4
- ^ Francois Velde,The French Royal Family: A Genealogy [page needed]
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Charlotte de Bourbon". The Peerage].[unreliable source]
- ^ Skuy, p. 5
- ^ Skuy, p. 12
- ^ François Velde, The French Royal Family: A Genealogy [page needed]
Ссылки
[ редактировать ]- Вельде, Франсуа. Французская королевская семья: генеалогия . [ Полная цитата необходима ]
- Skuy, David (2003). Убийство, власть и чудеса: Франция и королевская реакция 1820 года . Канада. п. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2457-6 .
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Дальнейшее чтение
[ редактировать ]- (по-французски) Жан-Жак Баучер, Чарльз-Фердинанд Д'Артуа, герцог Берри , Фернан Ланоре, 2000
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