Gaston Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil, était le fils illégitime d’Henri IV, roi de France, et de sa maîtresse, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d’Entragues, marquise de Verneuil. Il a été déclaré légitime en 1603, à l’âge de deux ans. Il fut évêque de Metz de 1612 à 1652, bien qu’il n’ait jamais été ordonné. Il démissionna de son poste d’évêque en faveur du cardinal Mazarin en 1652, mouvement que le pape ne reconnut pas, le déclarant finalement démis de ses fonctions en 1659. Il est fait chevalier le 31 décembre 1661 et crée duc de Verneuil en 1663. Il est nommé ambassadeur en Angleterre en 1665 et, en 1666, il est nommé gouverneur du Languedoc. Il fut marié le 29 octobre 1668 à Charlotte, fille du chancelier Pierre Séguier, et veuve de Maximilien François de Bethune, 2e duc de Sully, à 67 ans et à 46 ans. Il mourut sans problème le 28 mai 1682 au Château de Verneuil.
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly déclare dans son livre, Les Favoris d’Henri de Navarre, publié en 1910, aux pages 297-8, qu’il « a été enterré aux Carmélites de Pontoise, son cœur étant inurned à Saint-Germain-des-Prés ».
Gaston Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Verneuil, was the illegitimate son of Henri IV, King of France, and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil. He was declared legitimate in 1603, at the age of two. He was the bishop of Metz from 1612 to 1652, despite never having been ordained. He resigned as bishop in favor of Cardinal Mazarin in 1652, a move the Pope did not recognize, finally declaring him dismissed in 1659. He was knighted on December 31, 1661 and created duc de Verneuil in 1663. He was appointed ambassador to England in 1665 and in 1666 was made governor of Languedoc. He was married on October 29, 1668 to Charlotte, daughter of the chancellor, Pierre Séguier, and widow of Maximilien François de Bethune, 2nd Duc de Sully, when he was 67 and she 46. He died without issue on May 28, 1682 at Château de Verneuil.
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly states in his book, The Favourites of Henry of Navarre, published in 1910, on pages 297-8, that he "was buried at the Carmelites of Pontoise, his heart being inurned at St. Germain-des-Prés."
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly déclare dans son livre, Les Favoris d’Henri de Navarre, publié en 1910, aux pages 297-8, qu’il « a été enterré aux Carmélites de Pontoise, son cœur étant inurned à Saint-Germain-des-Prés ».
Gaston Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Verneuil, was the illegitimate son of Henri IV, King of France, and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil. He was declared legitimate in 1603, at the age of two. He was the bishop of Metz from 1612 to 1652, despite never having been ordained. He resigned as bishop in favor of Cardinal Mazarin in 1652, a move the Pope did not recognize, finally declaring him dismissed in 1659. He was knighted on December 31, 1661 and created duc de Verneuil in 1663. He was appointed ambassador to England in 1665 and in 1666 was made governor of Languedoc. He was married on October 29, 1668 to Charlotte, daughter of the chancellor, Pierre Séguier, and widow of Maximilien François de Bethune, 2nd Duc de Sully, when he was 67 and she 46. He died without issue on May 28, 1682 at Château de Verneuil.
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly states in his book, The Favourites of Henry of Navarre, published in 1910, on pages 297-8, that he "was buried at the Carmelites of Pontoise, his heart being inurned at St. Germain-des-Prés."
Gaston Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil, était le fils illégitime d’Henri IV, roi de France, et de sa maîtresse, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d’Entragues, marquise de Verneuil. Il a été déclaré légitime en 1603, à l’âge de deux ans. Il fut évêque de Metz de 1612 à 1652, bien qu’il n’ait jamais été ordonné. Il démissionna de son poste d’évêque en faveur du cardinal Mazarin en 1652, mouvement que le pape ne reconnut pas, le déclarant finalement démis de ses fonctions en 1659. Il est fait chevalier le 31 décembre 1661 et crée duc de Verneuil en 1663. Il est nommé ambassadeur en Angleterre en 1665 et, en 1666, il est nommé gouverneur du Languedoc. Il fut marié le 29 octobre 1668 à Charlotte, fille du chancelier Pierre Séguier, et veuve de Maximilien François de Bethune, 2e duc de Sully, à 67 ans et à 46 ans. Il mourut sans problème le 28 mai 1682 au Château de Verneuil.
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly déclare dans son livre, Les Favoris d’Henri de Navarre, publié en 1910, aux pages 297-8, qu’il « a été enterré aux Carmélites de Pontoise, son cœur étant inurned à Saint-Germain-des-Prés ».
Gaston Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Verneuil, was the illegitimate son of Henri IV, King of France, and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil. He was declared legitimate in 1603, at the age of two. He was the bishop of Metz from 1612 to 1652, despite never having been ordained. He resigned as bishop in favor of Cardinal Mazarin in 1652, a move the Pope did not recognize, finally declaring him dismissed in 1659. He was knighted on December 31, 1661 and created duc de Verneuil in 1663. He was appointed ambassador to England in 1665 and in 1666 was made governor of Languedoc. He was married on October 29, 1668 to Charlotte, daughter of the chancellor, Pierre Séguier, and widow of Maximilien François de Bethune, 2nd Duc de Sully, when he was 67 and she 46. He died without issue on May 28, 1682 at Château de Verneuil.
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly states in his book, The Favourites of Henry of Navarre, published in 1910, on pages 297-8, that he "was buried at the Carmelites of Pontoise, his heart being inurned at St. Germain-des-Prés."
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly déclare dans son livre, Les Favoris d’Henri de Navarre, publié en 1910, aux pages 297-8, qu’il « a été enterré aux Carmélites de Pontoise, son cœur étant inurned à Saint-Germain-des-Prés ».
Gaston Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Verneuil, was the illegitimate son of Henri IV, King of France, and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil. He was declared legitimate in 1603, at the age of two. He was the bishop of Metz from 1612 to 1652, despite never having been ordained. He resigned as bishop in favor of Cardinal Mazarin in 1652, a move the Pope did not recognize, finally declaring him dismissed in 1659. He was knighted on December 31, 1661 and created duc de Verneuil in 1663. He was appointed ambassador to England in 1665 and in 1666 was made governor of Languedoc. He was married on October 29, 1668 to Charlotte, daughter of the chancellor, Pierre Séguier, and widow of Maximilien François de Bethune, 2nd Duc de Sully, when he was 67 and she 46. He died without issue on May 28, 1682 at Château de Verneuil.
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly states in his book, The Favourites of Henry of Navarre, published in 1910, on pages 297-8, that he "was buried at the Carmelites of Pontoise, his heart being inurned at St. Germain-des-Prés."
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