French Monarch. In 1573, on his way to receive the crown of Poland Henri de Angoulême, son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, passed through Nancy where his sister resided. There he met Louise for the first time, and they apparently liked each other. After three days Henri continued his journey to Poland. In the following year his brother died, and he returned to France. The wedding took place on February 15th 1575, two days after his coronation. They spent much time together. Henri often advised her in what dresses and jewels she should wear. He himself was known to like wearing woman's clothing. They tried to have children but were unable to conceive. When Hercule-Francois, Henri's youngest brother, died in 1584 the lack of children became a serious problem. He named his brother-in-law and distant cousin Henri III, King of Navarra, as his heir. Henri was killed in 1589 in St. Cloud and Louise retired to the Castle of Chenonceaux and later to the monastery in Moulins where she died. She whished not to be buried in Saint Denis and left her brother 60,000 French pound to found a Capuchin Convent in Bourges. His widow, Marie de Luxembourg, founded the Convent in the Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris instead. She was buried there in 1606. In 1688 she was moved to the new Capuchin Convent at the Place Vendome, to rest under a slab of black marble. There she escaped the desecration of the royal tombs during the revolution. During the destruction of the church in 1806 her coffin was rediscovered and moved to Père Lachaise, which had been opened only two years prior. Louis XVII had her finally moved to Saint Denis in 1817.
French Monarch. In 1573, on his way to receive the crown of Poland Henri de Angoulême, son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, passed through Nancy where his sister resided. There he met Louise for the first time, and they apparently liked each other. After three days Henri continued his journey to Poland. In the following year his brother died, and he returned to France. The wedding took place on February 15th 1575, two days after his coronation. They spent much time together. Henri often advised her in what dresses and jewels she should wear. He himself was known to like wearing woman's clothing. They tried to have children but were unable to conceive. When Hercule-Francois, Henri's youngest brother, died in 1584 the lack of children became a serious problem. He named his brother-in-law and distant cousin Henri III, King of Navarra, as his heir. Henri was killed in 1589 in St. Cloud and Louise retired to the Castle of Chenonceaux and later to the monastery in Moulins where she died. She whished not to be buried in Saint Denis and left her brother 60,000 French pound to found a Capuchin Convent in Bourges. His widow, Marie de Luxembourg, founded the Convent in the Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris instead. She was buried there in 1606. In 1688 she was moved to the new Capuchin Convent at the Place Vendome, to rest under a slab of black marble. There she escaped the desecration of the royal tombs during the revolution. During the destruction of the church in 1806 her coffin was rediscovered and moved to Père Lachaise, which had been opened only two years prior. Louis XVII had her finally moved to Saint Denis in 1817.
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