page_title: Catherine Henriette de Bourbon
section_title: Marriage
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine Henriette de Bourbon / Marriage
caption_attribution_description: Charles II de Lorraine, duc d'Elbeuf Inscriptions marques&#160;: Lettre&#160;: "CHARLES DE LORRAINE Duc d'Elbeuf et Pair de France " Marque Louis-Philippe Historique&#160;: Cette estampe fait partie de la série de grands albums reliés contenant des portraits gravés et provenant du cabinet de gravures constitué par Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans puis roi des Français. La constitution des albums s'est étendue pendant plus de vingt-cinq ans et était conservée au Palais-Royal. Sur les 114 volumes dont on garde la trace, 75 sont aujourd'hui conservés à Versailles dont 65 seulement contiennent des gravures - près de 16 500. Les albums furent ensuite conservés au manoir d'Anjou, près de Bruxelles, dans la collection d'Henri d'Orléans comte de Paris, puis, lorsqu'en 1948 le prince et sa famille quittèrent la Belgique pour se fixer au Portugal, les volumes furent mis en vente publique à Bruxelles. A la demande de Charles Mauricheau-Beaupré, le comte de Paris accepta de retirer les volumes et les vendit au château de Versailles pour 1 200 000 Francs. Cf. Delalex Hélène, " La collection de portraits gravés de Louis-Philippe au château de Versailles ", Revue des Musées de France - Revue du Louvre, 2009.
context_page_description: Catherine Henriette de Bourbon was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France and his long-term maîtresse en titre Gabrielle d'Estrées. She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise.
context_section_description: It was discussed that she should marry Henry, Prince of Condé, but the idea was dropped.
  Her husband would be the Duke of Elbeuf, born Charles de Lorraine and a member of the House of Guise. The House of Guise was a cadet branch of the Dukes of Lorraine which were one of the most powerful families in France. The 25‑year‑old Mademoiselle de Vendôme married Charles at the Palais du Louvre in Paris on 20 June 1619. The groom was seven months younger than the bride. Her younger half-sister Christine Marie of France had married there also in February the same year to Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy, future Duke of Savoy.
  The dowry given to the House of Guise was the large sum of 1.3 million livres and included pensions as well. Most of this money was spent and re-mortgaged for various reasons including a failed lawsuit against her brother César.
  As Catherine Henriette was marrying into the House of Guise, she took on the style of Highness, the Guises being foreign princes at court. After her marriage, she was known as the Légitimée-duchesse. She used to sign documents as C H. L de France – Catherine Henriette. Légitimée de France.
  Her marriage produced six children, three of whom would have issue. Her husband died in Paris at the Hôtel d'Elboeuf, the family town house. Catherine Henriette remained a widow for six years until her own death in 1663.
caption: Charles II de Lorraine duc d'Elbeuf
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