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Charlotte de Sauve. Charlotte de Beaune Semblançay, Viscountess of Tours, Baroness de Sauve, Marquise de Noirmoutier (26 October 1551 – 30 September 1617) [1] was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Henry of Navarre, who later ruled as King Henry IV of France. She was a member of queen mother Catherine de' Medici 's notorious "Flying ...
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Charlotte de Sauve, Henry's mistress during the early years of his marriage to Marguerite of Valois, worked as an informant for Catherine de' Medici as a member of her "Flying Squadron" Until 1576, Henry remained at court, siding with Margaret and her brother François of Alençon against Henry III, who became king in 1574.
In fact, Charlotte de Sauve, one of the most notorious members of the "flying squadron", first seduced and then became a mistress of Henry of Navarre on Catherine's orders. On the other hand, Brantôme , in his Memoirs , praised Catherine's court as "a school of all honesty and virtue".
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Mar 14, 2018 · Another famous member of the squadron was Charlotte de Sauve, who helped eliminate another major threat to Catherine’s power. When the Queen regent got word of a plot to overthrow her between Henry of Navarre (who was married to Catherine’s own daughter and would later become King Henri IV) and the Duke of Aleçon, she sent in Madame de ...
Charlotte de Beaune-Semblançay, baronne de Sauve et marquise de Noirmoutier, née le 26 octobre 1551 et morte le 30 septembre 1617 à Paris, est une dame d'honneur de la reine Catherine de Médicis. Elle est connue pour avoir été la maîtresse de plusieurs personnages célèbres de la cour de France : François d'Anjou , Henri de Navarre et ...
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Charlotte de Sauve (1551-1617) Charlotte de Beaune Semblançay, daughter of Jacues de Beaune, Baron Semblançay, Viscount of Tours and Gabrielld de Sade, was born on 26 Oct 1551 in France. She died on 30 Sep 1617 less than a month before her sixty-sixth birthday. CODE NAMES:
The most accomplished of the Flying Squadron was Charlotte de Sauve, who seduced Catherine's son-in-law and some other relations. The information she gleaned from them, and the jealousy she provoked amongst them, allowed Catherine de' Medici to carry far more weight than a Queen Mother should.
