OTD February 24th. 1535 Eleanor de Roucy de Roye
Eléanor de Roucy de Roye was born on February 24th. 1535 in France. Her parents were Charles de Roye and Madeleine de Maillé. Eléanor - Source picture: Wikipedia Through her father Eléanor inherited the County de Roucy and through her mother she inherited the lordship of Conti. This made her a good wedding candidate. On June 22nd. 1551 Eléanor married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé. This was a famous Huguenot leader and a general. They would have 8 children, but only two of them had issue. Between 1560 and 1563, during the French Civil Wars, Eléanor and her mother were involved with politics to support her husband. When the Prince of Condé became prisoner from the ultra-catholic Guise family, Eléanor and her mother made alliances with Protestant German Princes and even with Queen Elizabeth I of England! Later Eléanor tried to negotiate with the regent of France, which was then Catherine de' Medici. This resulted in the Peace of Amboise and the release o