Boy, Jacqueline de

Father Jacqueline participated in the conquest of the throne by Henry IV and his struggle against the Catholic League . Jacqueline's parents died when she was 8 years old, in 1596.

Jacqueline was 16 years old when she began to appear at the royal court and attracted the attention of Henry IV. The royal court at that time passed from gallantry to debauchery, and the king tried to forget his former favorite, Henrietta d'Antrag . Quite young and without a fortune, Jacqueline demanded that the king, before becoming his favorite, find her a groom, who belonged to a noble family. As the spouse, the king chose her as Philippe de Arles de Chanwallon ( fr. Philippe de Harlay de Champvallon ), Count de Cezi, about whom the memoirist Pierre de L'Etoile said: “a good musician, plays the lute, but knows nothing more” ^{[ 2]} . The marriage ceremony of the 16-year-old Jacqueline took place on October 5, 1604 , at 6 a.m., in the hamlet of Saint-Mor-de-Fosse (now a suburb of Paris). The king became quite attached to her, in spite of his nightly adventures in Paris , most often in the company of his favorites Roger de Belgarde and Antoine de Roclor , accompanied by chamber pages carrying torches (in particular, young Racan ) and, a year later, in 1605, granted her the title of Countess de More and a maintenance of 9,000 livres .

During her relationship with Henry IV, on May 9, 1607, Jacqueline gave birth to a boy named Antoine de Bourbon-Boy . The little Count de More was legalized by a royal patent in January 1608 ^[3] .

After some time, Jacqueline, continuing her relationship with the king, became the mistress of Claude Lorraine, Duke de Chevreuse, Prince of Juanville . Henry IV learned of this fact from his minister Sully and became very angry. The Countess de More was able to reassure the king, who, nevertheless, forced Joinville to leave for his native Lorraine. He could not argue with the king, despite the love of Jacqueline. Joinville returned from Lorraine only after the death of Henry IV.

While Henry IV pretended to believe Jacqueline's arguments, she entered into a relationship with another nobleman. All this cooled the king’s feelings for Jacqueline and the “deceived” king immediately terminated their relationship ^[4] .

7 years after the death of Henry IV, in the spring of 1617, Countess More returned to Paris and married Rene II du Beck-Crespen , Marquis de Ward, son of Rene I and Helene d'O. Now she was a profitable bride: in addition to the county of Moret , the 29-year-old Jacqueline had a rent of 14,000 livres, assigned to her by Louis XIII in gratitude for the services rendered to his father.

In this marriage 2 sons were born:

• Francois-Rene du Beck-Crespin (d. In Paris September 3, 1688), Marquis de Ward, Count de More (was known at the court of Louis XIV; arrested for intrigue and kept in the fortress of Montpellier, then forgiven and returned to the courtyard)
• Antoine du Beck-Crespen (died August 13, 1658), Count de Moret, lieutenant general of the royal army, participated in the siege of Gravlin in 1658, where he was killed by an artillery shot; left an illegitimate son, Chevalier de More, who died in 1667 during the siege of Lille .

Jacqueline died in early October 1651 at the age of 63 years. The youngest son from his second marriage, Antoine du Beck, moved the body of his mother to Moret-sur-Luan , where she was buried in a city church ^[5] .

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