Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld
de Roye, Mademoiselle de Roucy (1720-1784)
Born 13 December 1720
Died 2 July 1784
Married 14 March 1737 L'Hotel de La Rochefoucauld
Francois Joseph de Bethune, 2.Duc d'Ancenis, son of Paul
Francois de Bethune, 4.Duc de Charost, Duc d'Ancenis and
Julie Christine Regine Gorge d'Antrigues
Born 7 January 1719
Died 26 October 1739 Fontainebleau
On 4 March 1737, aged only sixteen, she married Francois Joseph de Bethune,
Duc d'Ancenis. The marriage took place in the chapel of the family's mansion
in Paris with the ceremony performed by her uncle, the Archbishop of Bourges
and future Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld.
She became the mother of a son and a daughter. In 1744 she inherited
from her great-uncle, Monsieur de Montigny, brother of Marguerite Elisabeth
Huguet. In March 1745 she asked to be relieved from her duties as a Lady-in-Waiting
at the French court so that she might retire to be with her father-in-law
and to live a pious life. At the court she was replaced by the Duchesse
de Nivernais.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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