Anne Charlotte of Lorraine-Brionne
Princess Anne Charlotte de Lorraine-Brionne (11 November 1755 – 24 May 1786), was an aristocrat, styled at French court as Mademoiselle de Brionne. She was also reigning Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France in 1782–1786.[1]
Early life
Born into a cadet branch of the powerful House of Lorraine, she was the second daughter and third child of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Count of Brionne and his third wife, Princess Louise Julie Constance of Rohan-Rochefort (1734–1815).
Reign
She was elected Coadjutrice in 1775 and succeeded as Princess-Abbess of Remiremont in 1782. She visited the abbey for the first time in 1784 and rarely after that.[2]
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Anne Charlotte of Lorraine-Brionne
- 8. Henri, Count of Brionne
- 4. Louis, Prince of Lambesc
- 9. Marie Madeleine d'Espinay, marquise de Broons
- 2. Louis, Prince of Brionne
- 10. Jacques Henri II de Durfort, duc de Duras
- 5. Jeanne de Durfort, comtesse de Braine
- 11. Louise Eschalard, dame de Mareuil
- 1. Anne Charlotte of Lorraine
- 12. Charles III, Prince of Guéméné
- 6. Charles, Prince of Rochefort
- 13. Jeanne Armande de Schomberg, dame de Montaigu-le-Blin
- 3. Louise de Rohan-Guémené
- 14. Eugène de Béthisy, marquis de Mézières
- 7. Éléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières
- 15. Eleanor Oglethorpe
References
- Back to citation Georges Poull, La Maison ducale de Lorraine, Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, 592 p. (ISBN 2-86480-517-0), p. 452
- Back to citation "Women in Power: 1770 | WORLDWIDE GUIDE TO WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP". guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.