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Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France 1543–1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Death Date: 18 Feb 1603

Death Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Father: Claude Dampierre

Mother: Jeanne Vionne

Spouse(s): Albert Retz

Children(s): Charles France

In 1543, Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France entered the world in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France, born to Claude De Clermont Savoie 16Th Pggf Baron De Dampierre And Jeanne De Vionne. Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France married Albert Degondi Retz, and had children including Charles De Gondi Duke Of Retz Count Amp Marquess Of Belle Isle Lord Of Perron Marshall Of France. Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France passed away in 1603 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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  • In 1543, Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France entered the world in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France, born to Claude De Clermont Savoie 16Th Pggf Baron De Dampierre And Jeanne De Vionne.
  • Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France married Albert Degondi Retz, and had children including Charles De Gondi Duke Of Retz Count Amp Marquess Of Belle Isle Lord Of Perron Marshall Of France.
  • Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France passed away in 1603 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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Claude France's Ancestors

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Claude France
1543–1603
Birth Place: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Parents
Claude de Clermont-Savoie 16th PGGF Baron de Dampierre
1515–1545
Paris, France
Jeanne (de) Vionne
1510–1583
Vivonne, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Grandparents
Claudine (de Noidans) Saint-Seine
1480–1548
Noidans, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Claude France's Descendants

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Claude (Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of) France (1543–18 Feb 1603) m. Albert (DeGondi) Retz (1522–1602)
  1. 1. Charles (de Gondi, Duke of Retz, Count & Marquess of Belle-Isle, Lord of Perron, Marshall of) France 1569–1596 m. Antoinette (d'ORLÉANS) LONGUEVILLE 1572–1618
    1. 1. Hendrik (van Gondi Hertog van Retz Markgraaf van Belle-Isle en) Iles-d'Hyères 1590–1659 m. JOHANNA (VAN SCEPEAUX HERTOGIN VAN BEAUPREAU*) 12GGM 1590–1620
      1. 1. Catharina (van Gondi Hertogin van) Retz 1612–1677 m. Pierre (de Gondi Duke of) Retz 1602–1676
        1. 1. Pierre (Chemereau Took his surname from inherited ancestral land in the Pays de la) Loire. 1637–1697 m. Simonne Ferrand 1625–1685

Claude France's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
1603
18 Feb 1603
Age 60
Death of Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre de Vivonne, Lady of Dampierre, Countess and Duchess of Retz, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catherine d Governess of the Children of France in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1603
    Event Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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