Claude de Rohan-Gié (; 1519–1579), was a French

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, foremost known for being the

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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 ...

in 1539–40.

Early life

Claude was born in 1519 a member of the

House of Rohan The House of Rohan () is a Bretons, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan, Morbihan, Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to tr ...

as the daughter of Charles de Rohan-Gié, vicomte de Fronsac (died in 1529) and the Italian noblewoman Giovanna dei Principi Sanseverino di Bisignano.

Later life

She was the

in 1539–40. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen,

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, in 1530–37. She is the subject of several legendary stories and has been portrayed in fiction.

Personal life

Claude married two times. She was married in 1537 Claude de Beauvilliers, comte de Saint-Aignan (died in 1539); no issue. In 1541 she was married for the second time to Julien de Clermont-Savoie (died in 1563). They had one son: * Gabriel de Clermont-Savoie (died in 1595); married Françoise de Noailles and had issue

Death

She died in 1579.

References

* Alain Oudin, La vraie histoire du château de Maulnes qui comprend celle de Chambord, 200 pages, November 2008, {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohan-Gie, Claude de 1519 births 1579 deaths 16th-century French people Mistresses of Francis I of France French ladies-in-waiting