Charlotte de Rohan
French noble (1737-1760)
Charlotte de Rohan (Charlotte-Godefride-Élisabeth de Rohan-Soubise; 7 October 1737 – 4 March 1760) was a French aristocrat who married into the House of Condé, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon, during the ancien régime. She was Princess of Condé by her marriage. She has no known descendants today as her grandson, the last Prince of Condé, died without children, and her daughter, the Abbess of Remiremont, remained childless. Charlotte was praised for being a cultured and attractive princess of her age.
Early life
Charlotte-Godefride-Élisabeth de Rohan-Soubise was born on 7 October 1737 in Paris. Her parents were Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise, who was a close friend of Louis XV, and Anne-Marie-Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, a granddaughter of Marie-Anne Mancini, one of the famous Mazarinettes. Through Marie-Anne Mancini, Charlotte was a cousin of both Prince Eugene of Savoy and Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, two famous generals of the reign of Louis XIV. Anne-Marie-Louise was also the great-great-granddaughter of Madame de Ventadour, the governess of Louis XV as a small child.
Charlotte was born at the hôtel de Soubise in Paris, the residence of the Rohan family in the fashionable Marais. She had a younger half-sister, Victoire-Armande-Josèphe de Rohan, who would later become the governess of the children of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and who was also a cousin of the Queen's loyal friend, the Princess of Lamballe. As the House of Rohan claimed descent from the Dukes of Brittany, Charlotte and her family were accorded the rank of princes étrangers at court with the corresponding style of Highness.
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