Louise de keroualle biography of abraham

English and French noble (–)

Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (5 September – 14 November ) was a French mistress of King Charles II of England.

She was also made Duchesse d'Aubigny in the peerage of France.

Early life

Louise was the daughter of Count Guillaume de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kéroualle (), and his wife, Marie de Plœuc, Dame de Timeur et de Kergorlay ().

The Kérouaille family were nobles in Brittany, and their name was so spelt by themselves.

Louise de keroualle biography of abraham

The form "Quérouaille" was commonly used in England. All are derivations of the original Breton name Kerouazle, which is the most common form in Brittany. Her sister, Henriette Mauricette de Penancoët de Kérouaille, married firstly in Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, and secondly in Jean-Timoléon Gouffier, Marquis de Thais.^[1] Her aunt, Suzanne de Penancoët married Claude Le Veyer; their daughter Catherine became the matriarch of the Sa