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Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout

Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout was a French noblewoman.

Life
Marguerite du Cambout was born in 1624.Her parents were Charles du Cambout, Marquis of Coislin () and Philippe de Beurges, dame de Seury. Her father was Marquis of Coislin, Pontchâteau and la Roche-Bernard, governor of the town and fortresses of Brest and lieutenant general of lower Brittany. He was from the old nobility of Brittany. Through her father she was the grand-niece of Cardinal Richelieu. In 1634 she was married to Antoine de l'Age (1605–35), Duke of Aiguilon, also called Duke of Pui-Laurent. In February 1639 she married Henri de Lorraine (1601–66), Count of Harcourt, Grand Squire of France. The same year her sister Gabrielle Marie married Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon. Her first husband, Antoine de l'Age, was involved in political intrigues, and was imprisoned first in the Louvre in 1635, then in Vincennes, where he died the same year. In February 1639, she remarried to Henri de Lorraine, with whom she had six children. Marguerite du Cambout died of apoplexy in Paris on 9 December 1674 at the age of 50. She was buried in the Église des Capucines on the Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. == Presumed Portrait ==
Presumed Portrait
A portrait presumed to be of Marguerite du Cambout is held by the British Museum. It was painted by Balthazar Moncornet (1598–1668) and is dated 1658. In an oval border, it shows her upper body in an elaborate dress adorned with pearls and jewels, with a hunting scene in the background. There are four lines of verse below the portrait: ==Children==
Children
Her children with Henri, Count of Harcourt were: • Armande Henriette de Lorraine-Guise (1640–1684), Abbess of Soissons • Louis, Count of Armagnac (1641–1718), called Monsieur le Grand, Grand Squire of FrancePhilippe of Lorraine (1643–1702), called Chevalier de Lorraine and long-term lover of Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans (the only brother of King Louis XIV) • Alfonse Louis of Lorraine (1644–1689), Abbot of Royaumont, called ''Chevalier d'Harcourt'' • Raimond Bérenger of Lorraine (1647–1686), Abbot of Faron de Meaux • Charles of Lorraine (1648–1708), Viscount then Count of Marsan ==Notes==
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