Charlotte Gouffier, Madame de Brissac (born 1482) was a French noblewoman and courtier who served as the

Governess of the Children of France The governess of the children of France (sometimes the Governess of the Royal Children) was an office at the royal French court during pre-Revolutionary France and the Bourbon Restoration. As the head of the royal nursery, she was charged with the ...

Biography

Gouffier de Boisy was born in 1482 to Guillaume Gouffier, Lord of Boisy and Philippine de Montmorency. She was a sister of

Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy Artus Gouffier de Boissy (6 September 1474 – 13 May 1519 in Montpellier) was a French nobleman and politician. He was baron of Roannez, count of Étampes, count of Caravaggio, baron of Passavant, of Maulévrier, of la Mothe-Saint-Romain ...

Adrian Gouffier de Boissy Adrien Gouffier de Boissy (died 1523) was a French people, French Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. A member of the Gouffier family, Adrien Gouffier de Boissy was born in the K ...

, and Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet. She was a first cousin of

Anne de Montmorency Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency ( – 12 November 1567) was a French noble, governor, royal favourite and Constable of France during the mid to late Italian Wars and early French Wars of Religion. He served under five French kings (Loui ...

. In 1503 she married Rene de Cossé, Lord of Cossé and Brissac. She was the mother of

Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac (1505 ( O.S.)/06 – 1563), was a French courtier and soldier, named ''beau Brissac'' at court and remembered as the ''Maréchal Brissac''. A member of the nobility of Anjou, he was appointed in 1540 to his fat ...

and the grandmother of

Charles II de Cossé, Duke of Brissac Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

. In 1518 she was appointed as the

, a post previously held by

Guillemette de Sarrebruck Guillemette de Sarrebruck (–1571) was a French court official. She served as Governess of the Children of France, and as the Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Mary Stuart. She had the title comtesse de Braine ''de jure'' afte ...

. As royal governess she was in charge of the education of the children of

Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

References

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