Diane was the mother of kings, as the poets predicted in her lifetime. As well as royalty, you will find among her descendants nobility, celebrities, and ordinary people.

Children

1 Francoise de Breze
Comtesse de Maulevrier
Born 1515
Died 1574
Buried Abbaye de St.Yved de Braine
Married 1 March 1539 Paris, Le Louvre
Robert IV de La Marck, Duc de Bouillon

2 Louise de Breze, Dame d’Anet
Born 1518
Died January 1577
Married 1 August 1547
Claude de Lorraine, Duc d’Aumale

Grandchildren

• Children of Francoise de Breze and Robert IV de la Marck

  1 Henri Robert de La Marck
  Duc de Bouillon, Prince de Sedan
  Born 7 February 1540
  Died 2 December 1574
  Married 7 February 1558 / May 1559
  Francoise de Bourbon

  2 Charles Robert de La Marck
  Comte de Maulevrier et de Braine
  Born 15 April 1541
  Died 30 November 1622
  Buried Abb. St.Yves de Braine

  3 Antoinette de La Marck
  Born 25 February 1542
  Died 7 February 1591 Chateau de Pezenas
  Married 26 January 1558 Ecouen
  Henri I de Montmorency, Duc de Montmorency et Damville

  4 Diane de La Marck
  Born 16 June 1544
  Died after 2 May 1612
  Married (1) 6 January 1558
  Jacques de Cleves, Duc de Nevers
  Married (2) 15 May 1570
  Henri, Comte de Clermont et de Tonnerre
  Married (3) 7 December 1579
  Jean Babou, Comte de Sagonne

• Children of Louise de Breze and Claude de Lorraine

  1 Henri de Lorraine
  Comte de Saint Vallier
  Born 21 September 1549
  Died August 1559

  2 Catherine de Lorraine
  Born 8 November 1550 Chateau de St.Germain
  Died 25 June 1606
  Married 11 May 1569 Reims
  Nicolas de Lorraine, Duc de Mercoeur, Comte de Vaudemont

  3 Madeleine Diane de Lorraine
  Born 10 February 1554
  Died in infancy

  4 Charles de Lorraine Duc d’Aumale
  Born 25 January 1555
  Died 1631 Bruxelles, in exile
  Married 10 November 1576 Chateau de Joinville
  Marie de Lorraine

  5 Diane de Lorraine
  Born November 1558
  Died before 1599
  Married 13 November 1576
  Francois de Luxembourg, Duc de Piney-Luxembourg

  6 Antoinette de Lorraine
  Born 9 June 1560 Nancy
  Died young

  7 Antoinette Louise de Lorraine Abbesse at Soissons
  Born 29 September 1561
  Died 24 August 1643

  8 Antoine de Lorraine, Comte de Saint Vallier
  Born 1 November 1562
  Died young

  9 Claude de Lorraine, Abbe de St.Pere Chartres
  Born 13 February 1564
  Died 3 January 1591

  10 Marie de Lorraine, Abbesse at Chelles
  Born June 1565
  Died 27 January 1627

  11 Charles de Lorraine
  Born 24 December 1566
  Died 7 May 1568 Paris
  Buried Paris, Church des Filles-Dieu

  Great grandchildren

• Children of Henri Robert de La Marck and Francoise de Bourbon

  1 Guillaume Robert de La Marck, Duc de Bouillon, Prince de Sedan
  Born 1 January 1562 Sedan
  Died 1 January 1588 Geneve

  2 Jean de La Marck
  Comte de La Marck
  Born 6 October 1564
  Died 4 May 1587

  3 Henri Robert de La Marck
  Born 24 November 1571
  Died young

  4 Francoise de La Marck
  Born 12 March 1573 La Rochelle
  Died 1 December 1651 La Rochelle

  5 Charlotte de La Marck
  Duchesse de Bouillon, Princesse de Sedan
  Born 5 November 1574
  Died 15 May 1594
  Married 19 November 1591
  Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon

• Children of Charles Robert de La Marck

  1 Francoise de la Marck
  Married 1586
  Henri Pinart, Marquis de Louvois, Vicomte de Comblizy

  2 Henri Robert de La Marck, Comte de Braine
  Born 1575
  Died 7 November 1652 Braine
  Married April 1645
  Francoise d’Harcourt

• Children of Antoinette de La Marck and Henri I de Montmorency

  1 Charlotte de Montmorency, Comtesse de Fleix
  Born 1572
  Died 12 August 1636 Paris
  Married 6 May 1591 Pezenas
  Charles de Valois, Duc d’Angouleme

  2 Hercule de Montmorency
  Comte d’Offemont
  Died 16 February 1593 Pezenas

  3 Marguerite de Montmorency,
  Dame de Lers et de Gourville
  Born 1577
  Died 3 December 1660 Paris
  Married 25 June 1593 Alais
  Anne de Levis, Duc de Ventadour

  4 Henri de Montmorency
  Born 23 May 1581
  Died 25 September 1583 Beziers

• Children of Diane de La Marck and Henri, Comte de Clermont

  1 Charles Henri de Clermont,
  Comte de Clermont et de Tonnerre
  Married Catherine Marie d’Escoubleau de Sourdis

  2 Jeanne Babou
  Died young

  3 Alphonsine Babou
  Mademoiselle de Sagonne
  Died 21 February 1617

• Children of Catherine de Lorraine and Nicolas de Lorraine

  1 Henri de Lorraine
  Comte de Chaligny, Prince du St.Empire
  Born 31 July 1570 Nancy
  Died 26 November 1600 Wien
  Married 19 September 1585 Reims
  Claude de Moy, Marquise de Moy, Comtesse de Cerny

  2 Christine de Lorraine
  Born 24 September 1571
  Died young

  3 Antoine de Lorraine
  Bishop of Toul, Abbe de Beaulieu
  Born 27 August 1572
  Died 1587 Mayence

  4 Louise de Lorraine
  Born 27 March 1575 Nancy
  Died young

  5 Eric de Lorraine
  Abbe de Moyenmoutier et de St.Vanne
  Born 14 March 1576 Nancy
  Died 27 April 1623 Nancy
  Buried Capucins de St.Nicolas de Port

• Children of Charles de Lorraine and Marie de Lorraine

  1 Charles de Lorraine
  Born December 1580
  Died before 1631

  2 Henri de Lorraine

  3 Marguerite de Lorraine

  4 Anne de Lorraine, Duchesse d’Aumale
  Born circa 1600
  Died 10 February 1638 Paris
  Married 18 April 1618 Bruxelles
  Henri I de Savoie, Duc de Nemours

  5 Marie de Lorraine
  Married 1615
  Ambrosio Spinola

• Children of Diane de Lorraine and Francois de Luxembourg

  1 Charles de Lorraine
  Duc de Piney, Prince de Tingry
  Born 1582
  Died 23 May 1616
  Married 19 June 1597
  Madeleine de Montmorency, Dame de Montbron de Thore de Dangu

  2 Antoine de Luxembourg
  Died 12 July 1596

  3 Louise de Luxembourg, Abbess of Notre Dame de Troyes
  Died 1602

  4 Marguerite de Luxembourg
  Died 9 August 1665
  Married Rene Potier, Comte de Tresmes

  2nd Great grandchildren

• Children of Charlotte de La Marck and Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne

  1 _____ de La Tour d’Auvergne
  Born 8 May 1594
  Died 8 May 1594

• Children of Francoise de la Marck and Henri Pinart

  1 Charlotte Pinart
  Dame de Louvois
  Married 1613
  Eustache III de Conflans, Vicomte d’Oulchy

  2 Antoinette Pinart
  Died 1619
  Married 1609
  Jacques II de Rouville, Seigneur de Rouville, Comte de Linchamps
  Died 1628

• Children of Henri Robert de La Marck and Francoise d’Harcourt

  1 Marie Charlotte de La Marck
  Married Renaud de L’Hospital, Marquis de Choisy

  2 Louise de La Marck
  Born 1612
  Died 17 May 1668
  Married 23 January 1633 Paris
  Maximilien Eschalard, Marquis de Boulaye

• Children of Charlotte de Montmorency and Charles de Valois

  1 Henri de Valois, Comte de Lauraguais Born 1594
  Died 8 January 1668 Martigny-Lancoup

  2 Louis Emmanuel de Valois, Duc d’Angouleme
  Born 1596 Clermont-en-Auvergne
  Died 13 November 1653 Paris
  Married 8 February 1629
  Henriette de La Guiche
  Child by mistress

  3 Francois de Valois, Comte d’Alais
  Born circa 1598
  Died 19 September 1622 Penenas
  Married 26 April 1622 Paris
  Louise Henriette de La Chatre, Dame de Maisonfort

• Children of Marguerite de Montmorency and Anne de Levis

  1 Marie de Levis, Abbess of Avenay and St.Pierre de Lyon
  Died circa 1649

  2 Catherine de Levis
  Died before 17 February 1620
  Married 9 June 1616
  Comte Just-Henri V de Tournon
  Died 14 March 1643

  3 Henri de Levis, Duc de Ventadour
  Born 1596
  Died 14 October 1680
  Buried Paris, Notre Dame
  Married 1622
  Marie-Liesse de Luxembourg, Princesse de Tingry

  4 Francois de Levis, Comte de Vauvert
  Born circa 1598
  Died 17 September 1625 La Rochelle (Naval battle)

  5 Charles de Levis, Duc de Ventadour
  Born 1600
  Died 19 May 1649 Brive
  Married (1) 26 March 1634 Paris
  Suzanne de Lauzieres
  Married (2) 8 February 1645 Paris
  Marie de La Guiche

  6 Francois Christophe de Levis, Duc de Damville, Comte de Brion
  Born 1603
  Died 19 September 1661 Paris
  Buried Capucines de Fbg St.Jacques
  Married Anne Le Camus

  7 Anne de Levis, Baron de Douzenac
  Born 1605
  Died 17 March 1662

  8 Louis-Hercule de Levis, Bishop of Mirepoix Born circa 1614
  Died January 1679 Mirepoix

• Child of Charles Henri de Clermont and Catherine Marie d’Escoubleau de Sourdis

  1 Isabeau de Clermont
  Married Jacques de Beauvau, Seigneur de la Besseliere et du Rivau

• Children of Henri de Lorraine and Claude de Moy

  1 Charles de Lorraine
  Comte de Chaligny, Bishop of Verdun
  Born 18 July 1592 Chateau de Koers
  Died 28 April 1631 Toulouse

  2 Louise de Lorraine
  Dame de Busigny
  Born 9 February 1595
  Died 1 December 1667 Mons Married 20 April 1608 Nancy Floris de Ligne, Prince d’Amblise, Marquis de Roubaix

  3 Henri de Lorraine
  Comte de Chaligny, Marquis de Moy
  Born 1596
  Died 10 June 1672

  4 Francois de Lorraine
  Prince du St.Empire
  Born 13 January 1599 Fougeres
  Died 12 August 1661 Dieuze

• Children of Anne de Lorraine and Henri I de Savoie

  1 Louis de Savoie
  Born 1620
  Died 16 September 1641

  2 Francois Paul de Savoie
  Born 1622
  Died 1632

  3 Charles Amedee de Savoie
  Duc de Nemours
  Born 12 April 1624
  Died 30 July 1652 Paris (in a duel)
  Buried Notre Dame d’Annecy
  Married 11 July 1643 Paris
  Elisabeth de Bourbon

  4 Henri II de Savoie
  Duc de Nemours
  Born 1625
  Died 14 January 1659 Paris
  Married 22 May 1657 Trie
  Marie d’Orleans

• Children of Charles de Lorraine and Madeleine de Montmorency

  1 Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg
  Duchesse de Piney, Comtesse de Ligny
  Born 19 January 1607
  Died 16 November 1680 Ligny Married (1) 5 August 1620
  Leon d’Albert, Seigneur de Brandes, Duc de Luxembourg
  Married (2) 1631 / 1634
  Charles Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre, Duc de Luxembourg et de Piney

  2 Marie-Liesse de Luxembourg
  Princesse de Tingry
  Born 2 April 1611
  Died 18 January 1660
  Married 1622
  Henri de Levis, Duc de Ventadour

  3rd Great grandchildren

• Children of Antoinette Pinart and Jacques II de Rouville
  1 Nicolas de Rouville
  Comte de Clinchamps
  Died 1637 Mons (in battle)

  2 Francois de Rouville
  Died after September 1652

  3 Marie de Rouville
  Married Henri de Neuville, Marquis de Saint Remy

  4 Gabrielle de Rouville
  Married Henri Pot, Marquis de Rhodes

• Children of Louise de La Marck and Maximilien Eschalard

  1 Henri-Robert II Eschalard
  Comte de La Marck et de Braine
  Died 11 August 1675 Consarbreck nr Treves (battle)
  Married 24 June 1657
  Jeanne de Saveuse-Bouquainville

• Children of Louis Emmanuel de Valois and Henriette de La Guiche

  1 Louis de Valois, Comte d’Auvergne
  Born 1630 Paris
  Died 4 October 1637 Chateau d’Escouen
  Buried Paris

  2 Marie Francoise de Valois, Duchesse d’Angouleme
  Born 27 May 1632
  Died 4 May 1696 Abbey of Essey nr Alencon
  Married 3 November 1649 Toulon
  Louis de Lorraine, Duc de Joyeuse et d’Angouleme

  3 Armand de Valois
  Comte d’Auvergne
  Born 14 July 1635 Paris
  Died 16 November 1639 Paris
  Buried Paris
  4 Francois de Valois, Comte d’Auvergne
  Born 24 April 1639 Aix-en-Provence
  Died 10 July 1644 Salon de Craux
  Buried Aix

  5 Antoine Charles Louis de Valois
  Born circa 1648
  Died 25 September 1701

• Children of Charles de Levis, Duc de Ventadour and Marie de La Guiche

  1 Louis Charles de Levis, Duc de Ventadour
  Born circa 1647
  Died 18 September 1717
  Buried Paris
  Married 14 March 1671 Paris
  Charlotte Eleonore de La Mothe-Houdancourt

  2 Marguerite Felice de Levis
  Born circa 1648
  Died 10 September 1717
  Married 15 April 1668
  Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duc de Duras, Marechal de France

  3 Marie Henriette de Levis
  Born circa 1649

• Children of Isabeau de Clermont and Jacques de Beauvau

  1 Francoise de Beauvau
  Died after 18 October 1675
  Married 1638
  Jacques de Voyer, Vicomte de Paulmy

  2 Jacques de Beauvau, Seigneur de La Besseliere, Marquis du Rivau
  Died 5 July 1702
  Married Diane Marie de Campet

• Children of Louise de Lorraine and Floris de Ligne

  1 Albert Henri, Prince de Ligne
  Born 27 December 1615 Antoing
  Died 1 May 1641
  Married 27 November 1634 Bruxelles, Palais d’Orange
  Countess Clara Maria von Nassau-Siegen

  2 Claude Lamoral de Ligne, Prince de Ligne
  Born 8 October 1618
  Died 21 December 1679 Madrid
  Married 27 November 1634 Bruxelles, Palais d’Orange
  Countess Clara Maria von Nassau-Siegen

  3 Princess Marie Charlotte de Ligne
  Born 30 January 1621
  Died 5 May 1625

• Children of Charles Amedee de Savoie and Elisabeth de Bourbon

  1 Princess Maria Giovanna de Savoie-Nemours
  Born 11 April 1644
  Died 15 March 1724
  Married 20 May 1665
  Carlo Emanuele II, Duke of Savoie

  2 Prince ____ de Savoie-Nemours
  Born 1645
  Died 6 March 1645

  3 Princess Maria Francesca de Savoie-Nemours
  Born 21 June 1646
  Died 27 December 1683
  Married (1) 2 August 1666
  Alfonso VI, King of Portugal
  Married (2) 2 April 1668
  Pedro II, King of Portugal

  4 Prince Josef de Savoie-Nemours
  Born 21 June 1646
  Died 6 March 1647

  5 Prince Francois de Savoie-Nemours
  Born 10 May 1650
  Died 12 December 1650
  6 Charles Amedee de Savoie-Nemours
  Born 26 February 1651
  Died 10 March 1651

• Children of Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg and 1st husband, Leon d’Albert, Seigneur de Brandes, Duc de Luxembourg

  1 Marie Charlotte Louise d’Albert
  Princesse de Tingry
  Born 1623
  Died 16 July 1706

  2 Henri Leon d’Albert
  Duc de Piney-Luxembourg
  Born 5 August 1630
  Died 19 February 1697

• Children of Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg and 2nd husband, Charles Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre

  3 Madeleine Charlotte de Clermont-Tonnerre
  Duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
  Born 14 August 1635 Paris
  Died 21 August 1701
  Buried Ligny
  Married 17 March 1661
  Francois Henri de Montmorency,
  Duc de Luxembourg, Comte de Bouteville et de Luxe

  4th Great grandchildren

  Child of Claude Lamoral de Ligne and Countess Clara Maria von Nassau-Siegen

  1. Henri Louis Ernest de Ligne-Amblise
  Born: 2 Feb 1644
  Died: aft. 1702
  married Maria Juana de Aragon Fernandez de Cordova

  Child of Princess Maria Giovanna de Savoie-Nemours and Carlo Emanuele II, Duke of Savoie

  1. Vittorio Amadeo II
  King of Sardinia
  Born 14 May 1666 Torino
  Died 31 october 1732 Rivoli
  Married 10 April 1684 Palais Royal (by proxy)
  Princess Anne Marie d’Orleans

  5th Great grandchildren
  Child of Henri Louis Ernest de Ligne-Amblise and Maria Juana de Aragon

  Marie Anne Antoinette de Ligne-Amblise
  Born: 1680
  Died: 1720
  Married Philippe Emmanuel van Horne

  Children of Vittorio Amadeo II, King of Sardinia and Princess Anne Marie d’Orleans

  1. Marie Adelaide de Savoie
  Born: 1685
  Died: 1712
  Married Louis, Duc de Bourgogne

  2. Vittoria Francesca de Savoie
  Born 1690
  Died 1766
  Married Vittorio Amadeo de Savoie

  6th Great grandchildren
  Children of Marie Anne Antoinette de Ligne-Amblise and Philippe Emmanuel van Horne

  1. Maximillian (III) Emmanuel van Horne
  Born 1695
  Died 1763
  Married Marie Therese Charlotte BRUCE

  Child of Marie Adelaide de Savoie and Louis, Duc de Bourgogne

  1. Louis XV, King of France
  Born 1710 Versailles
  Died 1774 Versailles
  Married Marie Leszczynska, Princess of Poland

  2. Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon
  Born: 1727
  Died: 1759
  Philippe, Duke of Parma

  Child of Vittoria Francesca de Savoie and Vittorio Amadeo de Savoie

  1. Luigi Vittorio de Savoie
  Born 1721
  Died 1778
  Married Christine von Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg

  7th Great grandchildren
  Child of Maximillian (III) Emmanuel van Horne and Marie Therese Charlotte Bruce

  Maria Theresa Josepha Emmanuel van Horne
  Born: 1726
  Died: 1783
  Married Philipp Joseph von Salm-Kyrburg

  Child of Louis XV, King of France and Marie Leszczynska, Princess of Poland

  1. Louis, Dauphin of France
  Born 1729 Versailles
  Died 1765 Fontainebleau
  Married Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

  Children of Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon and Philippe, Duke of Parma

  1. Marie-Louise of Parma
  Born: 1751
  Died: 1819
  Married Charles IV, King of Spain

  2. Isabella of Parma
  Married Emperor Joseph II

  Children of Luigi Vittorio de Savoie and Christine von Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg

  1. Gabrielle de Savoie-Carignano
  Born 1748
  Died 1828
  Married Ferdinand von Lobkowicz

  2. Princess Leopoldina Maria de Savoie
  Born 1744
  Died 1807
  Married Andrea Doria-Pamphilj, Principe di Melfi

  8th Great grandchildren
  Children of Maria Theresa Josepha Emmanuel van Horne and Philipp Joseph von Salm-Kyrburg

  Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg
  Born 1760
  Died: 1841
  Married Anton Aloys Meinrad Franz of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

  Child of Louis, Dauphin of France and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

  1. Louis XVI, King of France
  Born 1754 Versailles, France
  Died 1793 Paris (guillotine)
  Married Marie Antionette of Austria

  2. Charles X

  Children of Marie-Louise of Parma and Charles IV, King of Spain

  1. Francisco de Paula Antonio Maria Bourbon of Spain
  Born 1794
  Died 1865
  Married Luisa Carlotta Maria Isabella of BOURBON

  2. Ferdinand VII Bourbon, King of Spain & the Indies
  Born 1784
  Died 1833
  Married Cristina Maria of the Two Sicilies

  3. Isabel Bourbon, Princess of Spain
  Born 1789
  Died 1848
  Married Francis I of the Two Sicilies

  4. Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain
  Born 1775
  Died 1830
  Married Joao VI Maria Jose, King of Portugal