Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau

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Countess Charlotte Brabantina
Duchess consort of Thouars
Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau
Born	17 September 1580 Antwerp
Died	August 1631 (aged 50–51) Château-Renard
Noble family	House of Orange-Nassau (by birth) House of La Trémoille (by marriage)
Spouse(s)	Claude de La Trémoille
Issue	Henry de La Trémoille Charlotte de La Trémoille Élisabeth de La Trémoille Frédéric de La Trémoille, comte de Laval
Father	William the Silent
Mother	Charlotte of Bourbon

Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau (Antwerp, 17 September 1580 – Château-Renard, August 1631) was the fifth daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse, Charlotte of Bourbon.^[1] She lived in her life at the French royal court and performed many successful assignments as a mediator.

Life

She and her sisters lost their mother in 1582 and their father in 1584 and were taken care of by their stepmother Louise de Coligny, with whom they had a very good relationship.

In 1594 Louise introduced the elder sisters Elisabeth and Charlotte Brabantina at the court of Henry IV of France in order to find French Huguenot spouses for them. Elisabeth married the Duke of Bouillon in 1596 and Charlotte Brabantina married Claude de La Trémoille in 1598. She was described as a beauty and called La Belle Brabantine. She was widowed in 1604.

Charlotte Brabantina divided her life between the Thours castle, the French royal court and the Dutch court in The Hague, and was well liked by Henry IV, Marie de' Medici and Louis XIII. Being well liked by most and with good connections, she was often given assignments as a mediator. She acted as a mediator during the conflict between the Duke of Bouillon and Henry IV.^[2] She also acted as a mediator in the negotiations resulting in the Treaty of Loudun in 1616. Louis XIII appointed her to chair the synod between the French reformed churches in Vitry in May–June 1617.^[2]

She maintained a correspondence with her stepmother and her sisters, who were also often politically active, and they often referred to themselves as 'femmes d'état' or female "statesmen".^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau

16. John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen

8. John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen

17. Mary of Looz-Heinsberg

4. William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

18. Henry III, Landgrave of Hesse

9. Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg

19. Anna of Katzenelnbogen

2. William the Silent

20. Henry IX, Count of Stolberg

10. Bodo III, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

21. Mathilde of Mansfeld

5. Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode

22. Philip I of Eppstein

11. Anna of Eppstein-Königstein

23. Louise de La Marck

1. Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau

24. John VIII, Count of Vendôme

12. Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon

25. Isabelle de Beauvau

6. Louis, Duke of Montpensier

26. Gilbert, Count of Montpensier

13. Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

27. Clara Gonzaga

3. Charlotte of Bourbon

28. Philippe de Longvy, Lord of Givry

14. Jean de Longwy

29. Jeanne de Bauffremont

7. Jacqueline de Longwy

30. Charles, Count of Angoulême

15. Jeanne of Angoulême

31. Antoinette de Polignac

References

^ "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland". 17 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matty Klatter, Charlotte Brabantina van Oranje, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/CharlotteBrabantina [13/01/2014]