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    Catherine of Cleves (or of Nevers), Countess of Eu (1548 – 11 May 1633) was the wife of Henry I, Duke of Guise and the matriarch of the powerful and influential...
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    The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (Morgan Library and Museum, now divided in two parts, M. 917 and M. 945, the latter sometimes called the Guennol Hours...
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    La Princesse de Clèves ([la pʁɛ̃.sɛs də klɛv], "The Princess of Cleves") is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It was regarded...
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    chapel contains the tombs of Henry I, Duke of Guise, and his wife, Catherine de Clèves, who embarked on the construction of the château in 1578. The building...
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    Porcien was married to Catherine de Clèves in a Catholic ceremony. At the same ceremony Clèves father Nevers remarried. Clèves had been raised after the...
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    his own wife and daughters. After Catherine Howard was beheaded, Anne and her brother, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, pressed the king to remarry...
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    Catherine of Cleves (25 May 1417 – 10 February 1479) was Duchess of Guelders by marriage to Arnold, Duke of Guelders. She acted as regent of Guelders...
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  • La Princesse de Clèves (Italian: La principessa di Cleves) is a 1961 French-Italian drama film based on the 1678 novel of the same name. Marina Vlady –...
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    Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...
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    1539. Catherine was the third of Henry VIII's wives to have been a member of the English nobility or gentry; Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves were...
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    Claude Catherine de Clermont Henriette de Nevers (1542-1601) Catherine de Clèves Marie de Clèves (1553-1574) Diane de Valois Anne d'Este Catherine de Lorraine...
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    Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers and comte d'Eu (c. 1544 – 6 September 1564) was a French duke, governor and military commander during the early French...
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    Marie of Cleves or of Nevers (Marie de Clèves, Marie de Nevers; 1553–1574), by marriage the Princess of Condé, was the wife of Henry, Prince of Condé,...
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    Henriette de La Marck (31 October 1542 – 24 June 1601), also known as Henriette of Cleves, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She was the 4th Duchess...
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    Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans. She was born a German princess, the last child of...
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  • Lady de la Garnache, her life has been suggested as informing the heroine found in the French novel La Princesse de Clèves by Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La...
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  • The Letter (1999 film) (category Films based on La Princesse de Clèves)
    piano recital (D. 946) by Maria João Pires. While Dr. de Clèves falls immediately in love with Catherine, she doesn't feel strong passion for him. Nevertheless...
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    of Wales, for a short period before his death. Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, and was the youngest child of Isabella...
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    Duke of Luynes. He was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine de Clèves. First known as the Prince of Joinville, he was made Duke of Chevreuse...
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    a handwritten collection of poems by Alain Chartier offered to Marie de Clèves. Other than that not much is known about Isabelle's childhood; her marriage...
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    of Cleves, father of Anne of Cleves, who was fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England. By their daughter, Catherine, they were ancestors of Mary...
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    Named after her maternal grandmother. Married 1) Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, 2) Henri de Clermont, 3) Jean Babou, Count of Sagonne. Guillemette (1545–1592):...
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    Catherine de Clèves was married to the sovereign prince of Porcien, Antoine III de Croÿ a leading Protestant militant. His brother Jacques de Clèves married...
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  • the infant her name. During Catherine's lifetime she held several official titles, such as Caterine of Gonzague de Cleves, Duchess of Longueville and...
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    filmmaking to star in Manoel de Oliveira's The Letter (1999), based on Madame de La Fayette's novel La Princesse de Clèves. After appearances in Mike Figgis's...
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    latter's execution have been dismissed. Catherine went on to become Maid of Honour to both Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard, the fourth and fifth wives...
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  • The Beautiful Person (category Films based on La Princesse de Clèves)
    from La Princesse de Clèves, and where appropriate the historical originals. Léa Seydoux as Junie de Chartres (The Princess de Clèves) Louis Garrel as...
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    updates the novel to modern day and stars Chiara Mastroianni as Catherine de Clèves, Antoine Chappey as the husband that she does not love, Leonor Silveira...
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    as known to popular culture: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr. A famous rhyme for their...
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    Catherine Parr (she signed her letters as Kateryn; 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry...
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