Louise Élisabeth de Croÿ

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Louise Élisabeth de Croÿ
Duchess o Tourzel
Full name
Louise Élisabeth Félicité Françoise Armande Anne Marie Jeanne Joséphine de Croÿ
Born11 Juin 1749(1749-06-11)
Paris, France
Dee'd15 Mey 1832(1832-05-15) (aged 82)
Paris, Fraunce
Spoose(s)Louis François du Bouchet de Sourches, Marquis o Tourzel
FaitherLouis Ferdinand Joseph de Croÿ, Duke o Havré
MitherMarie Louise Cunégonde de Montmorency
ReleegionRoman Catholicism

Louise Élisabeth de Croÿ (Louise Élisabeth Félicité Françoise Armande Anne Marie Jeanne Joséphine;) 11 Juin 1749 – 15 Mey 1832) wis a French noblerwoman an member o the Hoose o Croÿ. She wis Governess o the Childer o Fraunce (the bairn o Louis XVI an his wife Queen Mariee Antoinette) frae 1789–1792.





Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]

On 8 Aprile 1764, she mairit Louis François du Bouchet de Sourches, Marquis o Tourzel.

Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Pauline de Tourzel (1771-1839) mairit Alexandre Léon Luce de Galard de Brassac, Coont o Béarn.


Post revolution[eedit | eedit soorce]

During the Bourbon Restoration, Tourzel wis made a duchess bi a grateful Keeng Charles X. She later published her memoirs, which are an invaluable historical account o the final days o the ryal household. Her dochter, Pauline, became a Lady-in-waiting tae Marie Antoinette's anly surviving bairn, Marie Thérèse, Duchesse o Angoulême.



Teetles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • 11 Juin 1749 - 8 Aprile 1764 Mademoiselle d'Havré.
  • 8 Aprile 1764 - 1816 The Marquise o Tourzel.
  • 1816 - 15 Mey 1832 The Duchess o Tourzel.