Charlotte des Essarts

Charlotte des Essarts (1580-1651), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1607–1609. She had two daughters with the king. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Maria de Medici. She participated in many political plots at court.

A portrait of Charlotte des Essarts

She was the daughter of François de Essarts, seigneur de Sautour, an equerry of the king, and his second wife Charlotte de Harlay de Chanvillon.

Before coming to the French court, Charlotte des Essarts had been a member of the household of the French ambassador in London, Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont and his wife Anne Rabot. She was a relation of Beaumont.[1]

References
  1. Julia Pardoe, The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henry IV, vol. 1 (London, 1852), p. 415.
  • Hugh Noel Williams: Last loves of Henri of Navarre. Hutchinson, London [19xx], S. 184–187
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