Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne

Armande
Princess of Epinoy
Born	28 August 1697
Died	13 April 1717 (aged 19)
Spouse	Louis de Melun
Full name Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne
House	La Tour d'Auvergne
Father	Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne
Mother	Marie Armande Victoire de La Trémouille

Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne (28 August 1697 – 13 April 1717) was a French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy by marriage. She died without issue.

Biography

Armande was the eldest of seven children born to Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne - sovereign Duke of Bouillon - and his first wife Marie Armande Victoire de La Trémouille. Her mother died in 1717 and her father married three more times and had three more children.

She married Louis de Melun, Duke of Joyeuse and Prince of Epinoy on 23 February 1716. His parents were Louis de Melun and Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine.^[1][2]

Armande died in 1717 a month after her mother. Her husband was later the secret spouse of Marie Anne de Bourbon (1697–1741), daughter of Monsieur le Duc and Madame la Duchesse, daughter of Madame de Montespan. Louis de Melun later disappeared in 1724 under mysterious circumstances.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne

16. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon               8. Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon                       17. Countess Elisabeth of Nassau               4. Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon                             18. Frederik, Count van den Bergh               9. Countess Eleonora van den Bergh                       19. Françoise de Ravenel               2. Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon                                   20. Pietro Mazzarini               10. Michele Lorenzo Mancini                       21. Ortensia Bufalini               5. Marie Anne Mancini                             22. Paolo Mancini               11. Girolama Mazzarini                       23. Vittoria Capocci               1. Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne                                         24. Henri de La Trémoïlle               12. Henri Charles de La Trémoïlle                       25. Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne               6. Charles Belgique Hollande de La Trémoille                             26. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel               13. Émilie of Hesse-Kassel                       27. Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg               3. Marie Victoire de La Trémoïlle                                   28. Charles, Duke of Créquy               14. Charles, Duke of Créquy                       29. Anne Grimoard du Roure               7. Madeleine de Créquy                             30. Gilles de Saint-Gelais, Marquess of Balon               15. Anne Armande de Saint-Gelais                       31. Marie de Vallée-Fossez, Marchioness of Everly

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 28 August 1697 – 23 February 1716 Her Highness Mademoiselle de Bouillon
• 23 February 1716 – 13 April 1717 Her Highness The Princess of Epinoy

References and notes

1. His sister was Anne Julie de Melun, mother of the Maréshal de Soubise and Madame de Marsan
2. van de Pas, Leo. "Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne". Genealogics .org. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

See also