Princess Charlotte of Lorraine

Anne Charlotte de Lorraine-Brionne (1755-1786), was a French aristocrat, she was Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France in 1782-1786.[1]

Vigée Le Brun - Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Brionne - National Gallery of Victoria

Early life edit

Born into cadet branch of the powerful House of Lorraine, she was the second daughter and third child of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Count of Brionne and his third wife, Princess Louise Julie Constance of Rohan-Rochefort (1734-1815).

Reign edit

She was elected Coadjutrice in 1775 and succeeded as Princess-Abbess of Remiremont in 1782. She visited the abbey for the first time in 1784 and rarely after that.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Georges Poull, La Maison ducale de Lorraine, Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, 592 p. (ISBN 2-86480-517-0), p. 452
  2. ^ "Women in Power: 1770 | WORLDWIDE GUIDE TO WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP". guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.[permanent dead link]