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Susanne Henriette of Lorraine

Suzanne Henriette
Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine duchess of Mantova.jpg
Portrait by Rigaud
Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat
Tenure 8 November 1704 – 5 July 1708
Born (1686-02-01)1 February 1686
France
Died 19 October 1710(1710-10-19) (aged 24)
Paris, France
Burial Carmel du faubourg Saint-Germain, Paris
Spouse Ferdinand Charles Gonzaga
Full name
Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine
House House of Lorraine
Father Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf
Mother Françoise de Montault de Navailles
Full name
Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine

Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine (1 February 1686 – 19 October 1710) was a member of the House of Lorraine and was the Duchess of Mantua by marriage. Her husband Ferdinand Charles Gonzaga was the last Gonzaga Duke of Mantua.

Suzanne Henriette was the penultimate daughter of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeuf and his third wife Françoise de Montault de Navailles. Her two older half brothers, Henri and Emmanuel Maurice were successively Dukes of Elbeuf. She was known as Mademoiselle d'Elbeuf, derived from her fathers title.

Although the Lorraine-Elbeufs were reckoned among the princes etrangers at the court of France, as a cadet branch (Elbeuf) of a non-reigning cadet branch (Guise) of the House of Lorraine, it was not their custom to marry crowned heads. Nevertheless, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat sought Suzanne Henriette's hand in pursuit of a dynastic alliance with another reigning ducal house under French influence. She married Gonzaga in Milan on 8 November 1704 accompanied by her grandmother Catherine Henriette de Bourbon. To the French, her husband was known as Charles de Gonzagne.


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