Charlotte, comtesse d'Issoudun

Charlotte, comtesse d'Issoudun (13 July 1808 – 13 July 1886) was a French noblewoman, daughter of Prince Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Amy Brown.[1]

Charlotte
Countess of Issoudun
Portrait as a child
Born	Charlotte Marie Augustine 13 July 1808
Died	13 July 1886 (aged 78) Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse	Ferdinand, 1st Prince of Faucigny-Lucinge
Issue	Charles (1824–1910) Louis (1828–1907) Henri (1831–1899) Marguerite (1833–1921) René (1841–1911)
Full name Charlotte Marie Augustine
Father	Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
Mother	Amy Brown

Biography

Charlotte was born on 13 July 1808. Her parents had met in the fall of the previous year during performances at the London Royal Opera House. After the relationship between her parents, her sister Louise would be born. On 30 November 1809, she was baptized in Her Majesty's Catholic Chapel in London.[1][Note 1][2][3][4][5]

As a consequence of the Bourbon Restoration in France, Amy Brown settled in Paris with her two daughters. On 20 February 1820, her father was the victim of an attack at the Parisian opera, being mortally wounded with a dagger by Louvel. That night, on his deathbed, he reveals to his wife, Marie Caroline of the Two-Siciles (with whom he had married in 1816 and a daughter, Louise) the existence of his two daughters with Amy Brown. His daughters went to the opera to say goodbye to their dying father and were welcomed by the Duchess de Berry, who declared that she will welcome them as daughters and watch over them.[6] After their father's death, they lived under the protection of the French Royal family. On 9 June 1820, her great-uncle, Louis XVIII, granted her French citizenship and the following day, the title of Countess of Issoudun and her own coat of arms. In the same days her sister was also granted French citizenship and was ennobled with the title of Countess of Vierzon.[Note 2] The monarch will also personally pension each of the sisters.

They maintain a relationship with their father's brothers, Louise and Henri, Duke of Bordeaux, accompanying them at their games at the Château de Bagatelle, even having their own apartments in the château de Rosny-sur Seine, owned by the Dowager Duchess of Berry.

On the 1st October 1823 in the parisian church of Saint Louis-d'Antin, she married Ferdinand, Count (later Prince) of Faucigny-Lucinge,[7][8] military officer.[9] They had five children:

• Charles (1824–1910),
• Louis (1828–1907),
• Henri (1831–1899),
• Marguerite (1833–1921) and
• René (1841–1911).

She died in 1886 at her family villa near Turin.

Sources

• Reiset, Tony Henri Auguste, vicomte de (1905). Les enfants du Duc de Berry : d'aprés de nouveaux documents. Paris: Émile-Paul. pp. 1–161.

Notes

1. She had already been ondoyée on 18 July 1808.
2. Both noble titles were referred to cities in the old French province of Berry (as the title bore by their parent, Duke of Berry).

References

1. Reiset, Tony Henri Auguste, vicomte de (1905). Les enfants du Duc de Berry : d'aprés de nouveaux documents. Paris: Émile-Paul. pp. 1–161.
2. "ONDOYER : Définition de ONDOYER". Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
3. Joly de Choin, Louis Albert (1829). Instructions sur le rituel (in French). Paris: Gauthier frères et Cie. p. 573.
4. "Naître sous l'ancien régime - Conseil de Sages". conseildesages.free.fr. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
5. Reiset, Tony Henri Auguste, vicomte de (1905). Les enfants du Duc de Berry : d'aprés de nouveaux documents. Paris: Émile-Paul. pp. 23–24.
6. Reiset, Tony Henri Auguste, vicomte de (1905). Les enfants du Duc de Berry : d'aprés de nouveaux documents. Paris: Émile-Paul. pp. 97–116.
7. "Copie de l'acte de mariage de Ferdinand, Victoire, Amédée, comte de Faucigny Lucinge Colligny et de Charlotte, Marie, Augustine, comtesse d'Issoudun (fille de "Charles Ferdinand" et d'Amy Brown), célébré le 30 septembre 1823, à 8 heures du soir". Gallica.
8. "Charlotte de Bourbon". Roglo.
9. "Ferdinand de Faucigny-Lucinge". Roglo.