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Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues - Marquise de Verneuil - Henri met Henriette approximately six months after the death of Gabrielle d'Estrees. He promised to marry her, so she was shocked when he then married Marie de Medici by proxy, in October 1600. She was obviously consolable, because Henriette subsequently bore him two children, Henri 1601-1682 and Gabrielle-Angelique 1603-1627. It is worth noting that her son Henri was born, not long after Marie gave birth to the future King, Louis XIII. Henriette and her family were discovered to be plotting to have Spain recognise her son Henri, as rightful heir to the throne on the death of Henri IV. Although she was eventually reconciled with Henri IV, there are those who have accused her of being implicated with Ravaillac in Henri IV's assassination in 1610. |
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