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style="display:none">(1612-11-01)</span> (aged 45)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blandy-les-Tours" title="Château de Blandy-les-Tours">Château de Blandy-les-Tours</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anne_de_Montafi%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne de Montafié">Anne de Montafié</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Bourbon,_comte_de_Soissons" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis de Bourbon, comte de Soissons">Louis, Count of Soissons</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Louise_de_Bourbon_(1603-1637)" class="mw-redirect" title="Louise de Bourbon (1603-1637)">Louise, Duchess of Longueville</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marie_de_Bourbon,_Countess_of_Soissons" title="Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons">Marie, Princess of Carignan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon-Cond%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Bourbon-Condé">Bourbon-Condé</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louis_I_de_Bourbon,_prince_de_Cond%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé">Louis, Prince of Condé</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans,_Princess_of_Cond%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Françoise d'Orléans, Princess of Condé">Françoise d'Orléans</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles de Bourbon</b> (3 November 1566 – 1 November 1612) was a French <i><a href="/wiki/Prince#Prince_as_a_courtesy_title" title="Prince">prince du sang</a></i> and military commander during the struggles over religion and the throne in late 16th century France. A first cousin of King <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a>, he was the son of the <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenot</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Louis_I_de_Bourbon,_prince_de_Cond%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé">Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé</a> and his second wife, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans-Longueville" title="Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville">Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville</a> (5 April 1549 – 1601).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELove2001206_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELove2001206-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gave his name to the <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_de_Soissons" title="Hôtel de Soissons">Hôtel de Soissons</a> after his title <i><a href="/wiki/Count_of_Soissons" class="mw-redirect" title="Count of Soissons">Count of Soissons</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles,_Count_of_Soissons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_Armand,_prince_de_Conti_(1626_%E2%80%A0_1666).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Blason_Armand%2C_prince_de_Conti_%281626_%E2%80%A0_1666%29.svg/180px-Blason_Armand%2C_prince_de_Conti_%281626_%E2%80%A0_1666%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Blason_Armand%2C_prince_de_Conti_%281626_%E2%80%A0_1666%29.svg/270px-Blason_Armand%2C_prince_de_Conti_%281626_%E2%80%A0_1666%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Blason_Armand%2C_prince_de_Conti_%281626_%E2%80%A0_1666%29.svg/360px-Blason_Armand%2C_prince_de_Conti_%281626_%E2%80%A0_1666%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coat-of-arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat-of-arms">Coat-of-arms</a> for Charles, Count of Soissons.</figcaption></figure> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Nogent-le-Rotrou" title="Nogent-le-Rotrou">Nogent-le-Rotrou</a>, Soissons joined the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_League_(French)" title="Catholic League (French)">Catholic League</a> during the <a href="/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion" title="French Wars of Religion">French Wars of Religion</a> despite his older half-brothers' <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> affiliations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEde_Champlain2010194_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEde_Champlain2010194-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left the royal <a href="/wiki/Noble_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Noble court">court</a> disenchanted soon thereafter however, and was won over to the cause of Henry of Navarre.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMayBryson2016116_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMayBryson2016116-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charles fought for Henry at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Coutras" title="Battle of Coutras">battle of Coutras</a> in 1587,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECouchman200668_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECouchman200668-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was then introduced and secretly engaged to Henry's sister <a href="/wiki/Catherine_de_Bourbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine de Bourbon">Catherine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMayBryson2016116_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMayBryson2016116-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/French_States-General" class="mw-redirect" title="French States-General">Estates General</a> at <a href="/wiki/Blois" title="Blois">Blois</a> in 1588, fought back the League's forces at the battle of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartier_Saint-Symphorien_de_Tours&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quartier Saint-Symphorien de Tours (page does not exist)">Saint Symphorien</a> in 1589, was taken prisoner at Château-Giron and, escaping from <a href="/wiki/Nantes" title="Nantes">Nantes</a>, joined forces with Henry at <a href="/wiki/Dieppe,_Seine-Maritime" class="mw-redirect" title="Dieppe, Seine-Maritime">Dieppe</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ivry" title="Battle of Ivry">battle of Ivry</a> he led the king's <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> in <a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">besieging</a> Paris in 1590, and proved his worth at the <a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">sieges</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chartres" title="Chartres">Chartres</a> in 1591 and of <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a> in 1592. Although he briefly joined in the scheme of his brother Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, to form a third <a href="/wiki/Party" title="Party">party</a> in the kingdom, he attended Henry's <a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">coronation</a> in 1594. He fought loyally at the successful siege of <a href="/wiki/Laon" title="Laon">Laon</a>. Peace having been concluded with Spain, he commanded troops in the war in <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Savoy" title="Duchy of Savoy">Savoy</a> in 1600.<sup id="cite_ref-Père_Anselme_1726_350_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Père_Anselme_1726_350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Order of the Holy Spirit">Order of the Holy Spirit</a> in 1585 by <a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_France" title="Henry III of France">Henry III</a>. Henry IV made him <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_of_France" title="Grand Master of France">Grand mâitre</a></i> of the royal household and <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">governor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_France" title="Provinces of France">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a> in 1589. In 1602 he was made governor of the <a href="/wiki/Dauphin%C3%A9" title="Dauphiné">Dauphiné</a>, and of <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> in 1610, in which year he was also present at the coronation of <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIII of France">Louis XIII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Père_Anselme_1726_350_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Père_Anselme_1726_350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Henry's death later that year, Soissons opposed the policies of his widow, the queen regent <a href="/wiki/Marie_de%27_Medici" title="Marie de' Medici">Marie de' Medici</a>. In 1612 Samuel de Champlain convinced Charles to obtain the office of Lieutenant-General from King Louis XIII, which he did. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" title="House of Bourbon">Bourbons</a> obtained the French crown and the <a href="/wiki/Princes_of_Cond%C3%A9" title="Princes of Condé">Princes de Condé</a> and their <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heirs apparent</a> (by right of their rank as <i><a href="/wiki/First_Prince_of_the_Blood" class="mw-redirect" title="First Prince of the Blood">premier princes du sang</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) became known, respectively, as <i>Monsieur le prince</i> and <i>Monsieur le duc</i>, Charles came to be <a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">styled</a> <i>Monsieur le comte</i> at court. That <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">honorific</a> was borne also by his son Louis and, subsequently, by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Savoy-Carignan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Savoy-Carignan">Savoy</a> counts of Soissons who inherited the countship from Charles's daughter, Marie, princesse de Carignan, even though they ranked as <i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Prince">princes étrangers</a></i> in France rather than as <i>princes du sang</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The death of Henry IV in 1610 weakened <a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>'s chances of successfully colonizing <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a>, and, by the advice of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Dugua,_Sieur_de_Mons" title="Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons">Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons</a>, he sought a protector in the person of the Count of Soissons, who accepted the proposal to become the “father of New France,” obtained from the queen regent the authority necessary to preserve and advance all that had been already done, and appointed Champlain his lieutenant with unrestricted power. In his commission to Champlain, Soissons styles himself “lieutenant general of New France,” but he died soon after issuing it.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles,_Count_of_Soissons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the youngest son of a <a href="/wiki/Cadet_branch" title="Cadet branch">cadet branch</a> of the royal <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">dynasty</a>, Louis could not expect a large <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">patrimony</a>, but was allotted the countship of Soissons from among the Bourbon estates inherited from his paternal great-grandmother, <a href="/wiki/Marie_de_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Marie de Luxembourg">Marie de Luxembourg</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He also obtained the countship of Dreux and the <i><a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">seigneuries</a></i> of Châtel-Chinon, Noyers, Baugé, and Blandy. In 1601 Charles wed <a href="/wiki/Anne_de_Montafi%C3%A9,_Countess_of_Clermont-en-Beauvaisis" title="Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis">Anne de Montafié</a> (1577–1644)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who, although not of royal blood, brought to the Bourbon-Soissons her father's <a href="/wiki/Count" title="Count">countship</a> of Montafié in <a href="/wiki/Piedmont" title="Piedmont">Piedmont</a>, as well as her mother's <i>seigneuries</i> of <a href="/wiki/Bonn%C3%A9table" title="Bonnétable">Bonnétable</a> and Lucé. Of their five children, three survived childhood: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Bourbon,_comte_de_Soissons" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis de Bourbon, comte de Soissons">Louis de Bourbon</a> 1604-1641,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had illegitimate issue.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_de_Bourbon_(1603-1637)" class="mw-redirect" title="Louise de Bourbon (1603-1637)">Louise de Bourbon</a> 1603-1637, married <a href="/wiki/Henri_II_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans,_Duke_of_Longueville" title="Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville">Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_de_Bourbon,_Countess_of_Soissons" title="Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons">Marie de Bourbon</a> 1606-1692, married <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Francis,_Prince_of_Carignano" title="Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano">Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitts2000271-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Charlotte Anne de Borbon (b. 15 June 1608, d. 1 November 1623) died aged 15, never married or had children.</li> <li>Elisabeth de Bourbon (b. 16 October 1610, d. 10 October 1611), died in infancy.</li></ul> <p>Charles's <a href="/wiki/Legitimacy_(family_law)" title="Legitimacy (family law)">illegitimate</a> daughters by Anne Marie Bohier, daughter of Antoine, <i><a href="/wiki/Lord" title="Lord">seigneur</a></i> de la Rochebourdet: </p> <ul><li>Charlotte, bâtarde de Soissons (d.1626), became <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">abbess</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fontevraud_Abbey" title="Fontevraud Abbey">Fontevrault</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVrignault1965119_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVrignault1965119-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Catherine, bâtarde de Soissons (d.1651), became abbess of Perrigne in <a href="/wiki/Maine_(province)" title="Maine (province)">Maine</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVrignault1965119_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVrignault1965119-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Charles de Soissons died at <a href="/wiki/Blandy,_Seine-et-Marne" title="Blandy, Seine-et-Marne">Blandy</a> 1 November 1612, of <a href="/wiki/Puerperal_fever" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerperal fever">puerperal fever</a> (¿???) according to <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Anselme" class="mw-redirect" title="Père Anselme">Père Anselme</a>, and was buried in the Soissons' family <a href="/wiki/Tomb" title="Tomb">tomb</a> in the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charterhouse" class="extiw" title="wikt:charterhouse">charterhouse</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gaillon" title="Gaillon">Gaillon</a>, where his wife and son would also be buried<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The <i>Chartreuse de Bourbon-lèz-Gaillon</i>, built in 1562 one km from the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Gaillon" title="Château de Gaillon">Château de Gaillon</a> by <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Cardinal_de_Bourbon_(born_1523)" title="Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (born 1523)">Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon</a>, who was buried there, was sold during the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> and demolished in 1834).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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