Madeleine of Savoy (1510–1586) was a French court official, Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Elisabeth of Austria, from 1570 until 1574...

served as Governor of Languedoc from 1563 to 1614. Born on 15 June 1534, Henri was the son of Anne de Montmorency and Madeleine of Savoy. As Gouverneur,...

Wars and the early French Wars of Religion. The son of Anne de Montmorency, favourite of the king and Madeleine of Savoy, Montmorency began his political...

Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (13 October 1648 – 14 January 1664) was born a Princess of France and was the Duchess of Savoy as the first wife of Charles...

The titles of the Count of Savoy, and then Duke of Savoy, are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in...

access to the suites on the upper floors. The Constable and his wife, Madeleine of Savoy, resided in the south wing, which contained their private chapel and...

Chamberlain of her Household, and Madeleine of Savoy was appointed her Première dame d'honneur. Elisabeth, shocked with the licentious ways of the French...

novel and one of the earliest novels in literature. Christened Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, she was born in Paris to a family of minor but wealthy...

Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (French pronunciation: [maʁi ʒan batist], 11 April 1644 – 15 March 1724) was born a Princess of Savoy and became the Duchess of Savoy...

The House of Coligny was the name of an old and important French noble family, originating from the Bresse region of France. The head of the family held...

daughter of Henri I, Duke of Montmorency. He was the brother of le Grand Condé and Anne Geneviève, Duchess of Longueville. As a member of the reigning...

Jeanne of Savoy in 1659 and fell in love with her. However, his mother disagreed with the pairing, and encouraged him to marry Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans...

Madeleine d'Orléans and had no issue; secondly married another first cousin Marie Jeanne of Savoy and had issue; Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy (Turin...

the pseudonym of Madeleine's American cousin, Daisy, so Madeleine now knows she is to be deceived. Foyer to the Ballroom of the Savoy in Paris While...

daughter; Madeleine de Mailly. Ferry died in 1513, and Louise remarried in 1514 to Gaspard I de Coligny. From her second marriage she had three sons, all of whom...

1555 – 25 March 1623) was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France. He was a prominent Huguenot...

de Coligny, Count of Coligny and Lord of Châtillon (28 April 1557 – 8 October 1591) was a French Protestant general of the Wars of Religion. Coligny was...

Prince of Condé (1 September 1588 – 26 December 1646) was a French prince who was the head of the House of Bourbon-Condé, the senior-most cadet branch of the...

Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V...

the civil wars of the Fronde, and her final conversion to Jansenism. Anne Geneviève was the only daughter of Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his...

Emmanuel III (27 April 1701 – 20 February 1773) was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from his father's adbication on 3 September...

Gaspard I de Coligny, Count of Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (1465/1470–1522), known as the Marshal of Châtillon, was a French soldier. He was born in...

Instead he kept himself south in La Rochelle, Both the king of Spain and the Duke of Savoy were convinced he was plotting against them from the city, his...

Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Princess of Condé (11 May 1594 – 2 December 1650) was an heiress of one of France's leading ducal families, and Princess...

Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686), known as le Grand Condé (French for 'the Great Condé'), was a French military...

Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, The book of the ladies (illustrious dames) de L'Estoile, Pierre (2000). Lazard, Madeleine; Schrenck, Gilbert (eds.). Registre-journal...

Louise of Savoy (11 September 1476 – 22 September 1531) was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and...

Madeleine Cemetery (in French known as Cimetière de la Madeleine) is a former cemetery in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and was one of the four cemeteries...

favourable Peace of Monsieur. Guillaume de Montmorency, comte de Thoré was the fifth son of Anne de Montmorency and Madeleine of Savoy. Anne de Montmorency...

Christine Marie of France (10 February 1606 – 27 December 1663) was Duchess of Savoy from 26 July 1630 to 7 October 1637 as the consort of Duke Victor Amadeus...