Background
The eldest daughter of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Anne de Montafié, she was the older sister of the Princess of Carignano as well as the last Count of Soissons.
The eldest daughter of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Anne de Montafié, she was the older sister of the Princess of Carignano as well as the last Count of Soissons.
She was the mother of the famous Marie de Nemours. Bought up at the Abbey of Fontevraud, she was placed in the care of her great-aunt Éléonore de Bourbon, one time Princess of Orange. Mademoiselle de Soissons married the duke of Longueville in Paris on 10 April 1617.
The couple eventually had three children, only one of which would survive infancy.