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The Duchy of Bouillon's origins are unclear. The first reference to Bouillon Castle comes in 988 and by the 11th century, Bouillon was a freehold held by the House of Ardennes, who styled themselves Lords of Bouillon. On the death of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 1069, Bouillon passed to his nephew, Godfrey of Bouillon.
husband's death: 1500 Robert I: Catherine de Croÿ [1] [2] [3] Philippe de Croÿ, Count of Chimay - 1491 1536 husband's death: 1544 Robert II: Guillemette of Saarbrücken, Countess of Braine [1] [2] [3] Robert IV of Saarbrücken, Count of Roucy (Saarbrücken) 1490 1 April 1510 1536 husband's accession: 21 December 1536 husband's death: 20 March ...
He became Duke of Bouillon, and Prince of Sedan, Jametz, and Raucourt (now in Ardennes, France) at the death of his father in 1623. [1] He was appointed governor of Maastricht in the United Provinces in 1629. In 1634 he married Countess Eleonora van Berg's-Heerenberg (French: Éléonore de Bergh), under whose influence he converted to ...
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Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668 – 17 April 1730) was a French nobleman and ruler of the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon. He was the son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Marie Anne Mancini. He married four times and had eleven children.
In 1591 Henry IV married him to Charlotte de La Marck, heiress to the duchy of Bouillon and of the Principality of Sedan. [1] In 1592 Henry IV made him Marshal of France. [1] After the death of his wife in 1594, he married Elisabeth of Nassau, [1] a daughter of William the Silent, by his third wife Charlotte de Bourbon, in 1595. [2]
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It is difficult to draw an exact list of the lords of Bouillon, as the lordship did not automatically follow the better documented ducal and comital titles held by the dynasty. Since Bouillon is believed to be the patrimonial possession of the dynasty, one would believe the lordship was inherited by the oldest son. [2]