A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Louisa
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LOUISA (MARGARET of LORRAIN), Daughter of Henry Duke of Guise, married in 1605, by Henry IV, who was in love with her and wished to fix her at court, to Francis de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.
They however secretly left it immediately after their marriage; but the prince dying in 1614, Louisa devoted herself entirely to the belles lettres, patronized the learned, and employed her time in studying their works and writing books. She was one of cardinal Richelieu's enemies, and he banished her to Eu, where she died 1531. She wrote the amours of Henry IV, under the title of Les Amours du Gr. Alexandre. The best edition is that in the journal of Henry V, 1744. 5 vols, octavo. She was suspected of having married the maréchal de Bassompierre for her second husband.
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