Anne Julie de Melun was a French noblewoman and mother of Charles de Rohan, the famous general of Louis XV

Louis XV of France

Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...

 as well as Madame de Marsan

Madame de Marsan

Marie Louise de Rohan , also known as Madame de Marsan, was the governess of Louis XVI of France and his siblings.-Biography:...

. She died of smallpox

Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...

 in her twenties.

Biography

Born in 1698, she was baptised with the names Anne Julie Adélaïde and was known as Anne Julie. Born to Louis de Melun, Prince d'Epinoy and his wife Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine

Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine

Élisabeth de Lorraine-L'islebonne was a French noblewoman and the Princess of Epinoy by marriage. She is often styled as the princesse de Lillebonne...

, princesse de Lillebonne she was the second of two children. Her brother Louis de Melun

Louis, Duke of Joyeuse (1694–1724)

Louis de Melun, Duke of Joyeuse was a French noble man. He was the Prince of Epinoy, Baron then Duke of Joyeuse and Peer of France, Baron of Cysoing, Antoing and Wiers, Earl of Saint-Pol, Viscount of Gand, châtelain de Bapaume, Lord of Villemareuil, of Vaucourtois and of...

 disappeared in 1724, two months after her death.

She was the Lady of Boubers in her own right. The peerage was confiscated in 1789.

At the age of roughly fifteen, she married Jules, Prince of Soubise

Jules, Prince of Soubise

Jules de Rohan was a French nobleman and Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven.-Biography:...

. The couple were wed in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 on 16 September 1714. Her husband was a member of the Princely House of Rohan and with the marriage, Anne Julie took on the style of Her Highness. Her husbands parents were Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan

Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan

Hercule Mériadec de Rohan styled the Duke of Rohan-Rohan was a member of the House of Rohan. He married twice and was the grandfather of the Maréchal de Soubise. His first wife was the daughter of Madame de Ventadour...

 and Anne Geneviève de Lévis

Anne Geneviève de Lévis

Anne Geneviève de Lévis was a French noblewoman. She was Duchess of Rohan-Rohan and Princess of Soubise by marriage. Anne Geneviève was the only child of Madame de Ventadour, governess of the young Louis XV. She married twice and had children with her second husband...

.

She and her husband were second cousins. Anne Julie was an under governess to the children of France

Governess of the Children of France

In France, the Governess of the Children of France , was charged with the education of the children and grand children of the monarch. The holder of the office was taken from the highest ranking nobility of France...

 working with Madame de Ventadour

Madame de Ventadour

Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt, Duchess of Ventadour was the governess of King Louis XV of France, great-grandson of King Louis XIV. She is credited with saving Louis XV from the ministrations of the royal doctors when he was ill as a child...

, her husbads maternal grandmother.

The couple had five children in all. She and her husband died in Paris of smallpox

Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...

. Her eldest son Charles succeeded as Prince of Soubise. Her brother's disappearance, led to the Principality of Epinoy (previously enjoyed by Anne Julie's father) was given to her son, Charles.

Ancestry

Issue

• Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise
  Prince of Soubise
  -Prince of Soubise:...
  
  , Duke of Rohan-Rohan (16 July 1715–4 July 1787) married Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
  Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
  Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French noblewoman and the wife of Charles de Rohan. She was Marchioness of Gordes and Countess of Moncha in her own right as well as Princess of Soubise by marriage...
  
   (1722–1739) and had issue; married again to Princess Anna Teresa of Savoy (1717–1745) and had issue; married Anne Victoire de Hesse-Rotenburg (1728–1792) no issue;
• François Armand Auguste de Rohan, cardinal de Soubise, Prince of Tournon (1 December 1717–28 Juin 1758)
• Marie Louise Geneviève de Rohan (7 January 1720–4 March 1803) married Gaston Jean Baptiste de Lorraine, Count of Marsan, no issue;
• François Auguste de Rohan, Count of Tournon (16 September 1721–6 August 1736) never married;
• René de Rohan, Abbot of Luxeuil (26 July 1723–7 February 1743) never married.

Titles and styles

• 1698 – 16 September 1714 Anne Julie de Melun
• 16 September 1714 – 18 May 1724 Her Highness the Princess of Soubise