Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé
| Claire Clémence de Maillé | |||||
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| Princess of Condé Duchess of Fronsac |
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25 February 1628 Brézé, France |
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| Died | 16 April 1694 (aged 66) Château de Châteauroux, France |
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| Burial | Église Saint-Martin, Château de Châteauroux, France | ||||
| Spouse | Louis, Grand Condé | ||||
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Henri Jules, Prince of Condé | ||||
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| Father | Urbain de Maillé, Marquis of Brézé, | ||||
| Mother | Nicole du Plessis de Richelieu | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Claire Clémence de Maillé |
Claire Clémence de Maillé-Brézé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as Le Grand Condé (The Great Condé), and became the mother of Henri Jules. She was Princess of Condé and Duchess of Fronsac.
Claire Clémence was born at Brézé in the Maine-et-Loire department of France, the daughter of Urbain de Maillé-Brézé, marquis de Brézé, seigneur de Milly, seigneur de Thévalles, Marshal of France, and Nicole du Plessis de Richelieu, sister of Cardinal Richelieu. She had a younger brother, Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, who became an Admiral of the French Royal Navy (La Royale).
When she was five years old, her uncle the Cardinal arranged her betrothal to the French prince Louis de Bourbon, who would become the renowned general le Grand Condé, "the Great Condé." Under the pretext of educating her, she was taken from her family and entrusted to Mme Boutillier, wife of the surintendant, who gave her a mediocre education.
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