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Henri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville

French aristocrat and military officer

Henri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville
Summary

French aristocrat and military officer

Portrait by [[Léonard Gaultier

Henry I of Orléans-Longueville (1568 – April 8, 1595) was a French aristocrat, military leader and Grand Chamberlain of France between 1589 and 1595.

Biography

Henry was the eldest son of Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1540–1573) and Marie de Bourbon, duchess of Estouteville and countess of Saint-Pol (1539–1601). He succeeded his father in 1573 as Duke of Longueville, Prince of Neuchâtel, Count of Saint-Pol, Count of Dunois and Tancarville. On 1 March 1588, he married Catherine Gonzaga (1568–1629), daughter of Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and had one son, Henry II.

Henry was governor of Picardie and defeated the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Aumale at Senlis in May 1589. When Henry III was assassinated later that year, Longueville pledged loyalty to his successor Henry IV of France and received command over the forces in Picardy and became Grand Chamberlain of France.

Funerary monument of the heart of Henri I d'Orléans in the [[Louvre Museum]], by [[François Anguier

Longueville died in Amiens in 1595.

He was the loose inspiration behind the character of Longueville in William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.

References

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External list

  • Liste des ducs de Longueville
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