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  2. Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues - Wikipedia

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    Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil [katʁin ɑ̃ʁjɛt də balzak dɑ̃tʁaɡ maʁkiz də vɛʁnœj] (1579–1633) was the favourite mistress of Henry IV of France after Gabrielle d'Estrées died: her sister Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues was also a mistress of the king.

  3. Henri, Duke of Verneuil - Wikipedia

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    Henri was born in the Château de Vincennes on 3 November 1601, the illegitimate son of King Henry IV of France and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues. [1] He was declared legitimate in 1603, at the age of two. His sister was Gabrielle Angelique, called Mlle de Verneuil (1603–1627), married Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette.

  4. List of French marquesses - Wikipedia

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    Authentic titles are understood to mean titles erected by letters patent of the Sovereign (the King, or the Emperor Napoleon III, or possibly a foreign sovereign whose lands have become French), registered or published with a court of justice or sovereign (parliament, court of auditors, etc.), or even subordinate, which gives them a legal and permanent status.

  5. Verneuil-en-Halatte - Wikipedia

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    The castle was finally sold to king Henry IV in 1599, who offered it to his mistress Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, raising the grounds to a marquisate and thus making her the Marquise de Verneuil en Beauvoisis. [3] Upon the death of the Marquise (1633), the castle came into the hands of her son, Henri, Duke of Verneuil.

  6. Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle - Wikipedia

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    Hortense Félicité de Mailly, Mademoiselle de Chalon, marquise de Flavacourt (1715–1799). Marie Anne de Mailly, Mademoiselle de Monchy, marquise de La Tournelle, duchesse de Châteauroux (1717–1744). The only one of the de Nesle sisters not to become one of Louis XV's mistresses was the marquise de Flavacourt. Louise Julie was the first ...

  7. Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle - Wikipedia

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    Diane Adélaïde de Mailly, Mademoiselle de Montcavrel, duchesse de Lauraguais (1714 - 1769), Hortense Félicité de Mailly, Mademoiselle de Chalon, marquise de Flavacourt (1715 - 1799). The only one of the de Nesle sisters not to become one of Louis XV's mistresses was the Marquise de Flavacourt. Louise Julie was the first sister to attract ...

  8. Verneuil - Wikipedia

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    Verneuil method or Verneuil process, by which artificial gemstones are grown; Battle of Verneuil, an English victory in the Hundred Years' War; Marquisate de Verneuil, created in 1600 in Verneuil-en-Halatte; Duchy-Peerage of Verneuil, created in 1652, also in Verneuil-en-Halatte

  9. Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox - Wikipedia

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    He went as ambassador to France in January 1605. The mission was to return the compliment of the embassy of the Marquis de Rosny, who came to London in 1603. [44] Lennox's cousin, the Marquise de Verneuil, was under house arrest in Paris, and was moved to different lodging far from the Duke's apartments. [45]