Louise d'Aumont

Louise d'Aumont
Hereditary Princess of Monaco
Born	22 October 1759 Hôtel d'Aumont, Paris
Died	13 December 1826 (aged 67) Paris
Burial	Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Spouse	Honoré, Hereditary Prince of Monaco René François Tirnand-d'Arcis
Issue	Honoré V, Prince of Monaco Florestan I, Prince of Monaco Amélie Céleste Erodore d'Aumont
Full name Louise Félicité Victoire d'Aumont
House	Aumont (by birth) Grimaldi (by marriage)
Father	Louis Marie d'Aumont
Mother	Louise Jeanne de Durfort

Louise d'Aumont, duchesse d'Aumont, duchesse Mazarin et de La Meilleraye (Louise Félicité Victoire; 22 October 1759 in Paris – 13 December 1826 in Paris) was the only child and daughter of Louis Marie d'Aumont, Duke of Aumont (1732–1799), and his wife, Louise Jeanne de Durfort, duchesse Mazarin et de La Meilleraye (Paris, 1 September 1735 - Paris, 17 March 1781).

She married Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, on 15 July 1777 in Paris.

The couple had two children both of whom in turn ruled Monaco: Prince Honoré V and Prince Florestan I. Following their incarceration during the French Revolution the marriage of Honoré IV and Louise ended in divorce in 1798. On 28 March 1794, Louise gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Amélie Céleste Erodore d'Aumont (died 1820). Louise married secondly René François Tirnand-d'Arcis on 6 February 1801. This marriage too ended in divorce in 1803.

Louise d'Aumont was a direct descendant of Hortense Mancini, the mistress of King Charles II of England, who was the sole heiress of her uncle, King Louis XIV's chief minister Cardinal Mazarin.

Through their descent from Louise and her mother, the princely family of Monaco now lays claim to the wealth and estates bequeathed by Cardinal Mazarin, including the Duchy of Rethel, and the Principality of Château-Porcien.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louise d'Aumont

16. Louis d'Aumont, Duke of Aumont               8. Louis Marie d'Aumont, Duke of Aumont                       17. Olympe de Brouilly, Marquise of Piennes               4. Louis Marie Victor Augustin d'Aumont, Duke of Aumont                             18. Louis de Guiscard, Count of La Bourlie, Marquis of Guiscard-Magny               9. Catherine de Guiscard                       19. Angelique de Langlée, Dame of Espichelière               2. Louis Marie d'Aumont, Duke of Aumont                                   20. Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duke of Duras               10. Jean Baptiste de Durfort, Duke of Duras                       21. Marguerite Félice de Lévis               5. Victoire Félicité de Durfort                             22. Alexandre Albert François Barthélemy de Bournonville, Duke and Prince of Bournonville               11. Marie Angèlique Victoire de Bournonville                       23. Marie Charlotte Victoire d'Albert de Luynes               1. Louise d'Aumont Mazarin                                         24. Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duke of Duras (= 20)               12. Jean Baptiste de Durfort, Duke of Duras (= 10)                       25. Marguerite Félice de Lévis (= 21)               6. Emmanuel Felicité de Durfort, Duke of Duras                             26. Alexandre Albert François Barthélemy de Bournonville, Duke and Prince of Bournonville (= 22)               13. Marie Angèlique Victoire de Bournonville (= 11)                       27. Marie Charlotte Victoire d'Albert de Luynes (= 23)               3. Louise Jeanne de Durfort, Duchess Mazarin and of La Meilleraye                                   28. Paul Jules de La Porte Mazarin, Duke Mazarin and of La Meilleraye Son of Hortense Mancini               14. Guy Jules Paul de La Porte Mazarin, Duke Mazarin and of La Meilleraye                       29. Felice Armande Charlotte de Durfort               7. Charlotte Antoinette de La Porte Mazarin                             30. Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Duke of Rohan-Rohan               15. Louise Françoise de Rohan                       31. Anne Geneviève de Lévis

References

• Monaco: 1662 to 1815 retrieved 8 February 2007
• World Roots retrieved 8 February 2007