Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout
Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout | |
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| Born | 1624 |
| Died | 9 December 1674 Paris |
| Nationality | French |
Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout (1624 – 9 December 1674) was a French noblewoman.
Life
[edit]Marguerite du Cambout was born in 1624. Her parents were Charles du Cambout, Marquis of Coislin (c. 1577–1648) and Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seury.[1] Her father was Marquis of Coislin, Pontchâteau and la Roche-Bernard, governor of the town and fortresses of Brest and lieutenant general of lower Brittany.[2] He was from the old nobility of Brittany. Her mother was Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seuri et de la Moguelaye.[3] She was the niece of Cardinal Richelieu.[4]
In 1634 she was married to Antoine de l'Age (1605–35), Duke of Aiguilon, also called Duke of Pui-Laurent. In February 1639 she married Henri de Lorraine (1601–66), Count of Harcourt, Grand Écuyer de France.4.[3] They had six children. Marguerite du Cambout died of apoplexy in Paris on 9 December 1674 at the age of 50.[5] She was buried in the Eglise des Capucines on the Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris.[1] Her half length portrait by Balthazar Moncornet (1598-1668), dated 1658, is held by the British Museum. In an oval border, it shows her upper body in an elaborate dress adorned with pearls and jewels, with a hunting scene in the background. There are four lines of verse below the portrait,[6]
| Tu vois dans ce pourtraict ou l’art a racourcy Mille perfections, que la nature assemble Que luy mesme en effet te represente icy, Les graces, les beautez, et les vertus ensemble. |
"You see in this portrait that art has shortened A thousand perfections, that nature assembles That the same indeed represents to you here The graces, the beauties, and the virtues together. |
Children
[edit]Her children with Henri, Count of Harcourt were:[7]
- Armande Henriette de Lorraine-Guise (1640–1684), abbess of Soissons
- Louis, Count of Armagnac (1641–1718), called Monsieur le Grand, Grand Écuyer de France, Count of Charny and of Brionne
- Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine (1643–1702), Abbé of Saint Pierre in Chartres
- Alfonse Louis (1644–1689), Abbé of Royaumont, called chevalier d'Harcourt
- Raimond Bérenger (1647–1686), Abbé of Faron de Meaux
- Charles, Count of Marsan (1648–1708)
Notes
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Sources
[edit]- Hurtuat (1779), Dictionnaire Historique De La Ville De Paris Et De Ses Environs: Dans lequel on trouve la Description des Monumens & Curiosités de cette Capitale, l'établissement des Maisons Religieuses, celui des Communautés d'Artistes & d'Artisans, le nombre des Rues & leur détail historique ..., Moutard, retrieved 2017-11-07
- "Marguerite du Cambout", roglio.eu (in French), retrieved 2017-11-07
- "Marguerite, Philippe du Cambout, comtesse de Harcourt", SUDOC (in French), retrieved 2017-11-07
- "Mariage de Charles Ier de Lorraine-Guise avec Marguerite de Chabot", Histoire de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (in French), retrieved 2017-11-07
- Moreri, Louis (1732), Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique, chez Jacques Vincent, retrieved 2017-11-07
- Société archéologique et historique (1887), Bulletin (in French), Société archéologique et historique de Nantes et de Loire-Atlantique, retrieved 2017-11-07
