Antoine d'Estrées
Antoine d'Estrées (1529 – 11 May 1609) was Marquis of Coeuvres, vicomte of Soissons and of Bercy, Knight of the Order of Saint-Esprit in 1578[1] and Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel also in 1578.
Antoine d'Estrées, Marquis of Cœuvres
He was the son of Jean d'Estrées, Count of Orbec and Marquis of Cœuvres Catherine de Bourbon.[1] He married Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière and had at least nine children: probably the best known are [1]
- Gabrielle d'Estrées[1]
- François Annibal d'Estrées
- Julienne-Hypolite-Joséphine d'Estrées
He was Grand Master of the artillery of France from 1597 to 1599, under the reign of Henri IV.
References
- Kathleen Wellman, Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France, (Yale University Press, 2013), 327.
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