Louise de Montmorency (fl. 1498–1525)

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Louise de Montmorency (fl. 1498–1525)

French governess. Name variations: Madame de Chatillon or Châtillon. Fl. from 1498 to 1525; m. a former royal chamberlain; m. Gaspard I de Coligny, Maréchal de Châtillon (c. 1440–1522, marshal of France); children—3 sons, known as the Coligny brothers: Odet de Coligny (1517–1571); François de Coligny (1521–1569); Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572, an admiral and leader of the Huguenots and father of Louise de Coligny).

Was governess of Margaret of Angoulême.

See also Women in World History.

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