Rothelin, Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de (c. 1520–1587)
Rothelin, Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de (c. 1520–1587)
French aristocrat jailed for sheltering Huguenots. Born around 1520; died in 1587; daughter of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne de Saint-Séverin; married François of Orleans-Longueville, marquis de Rothelin (died 1548); children: one son.
Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de Rothelin, the daughter of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne de Saint-Séverin , was born around 1520. Her husband, François of Orleans-Longueville, marquis de Rothelin, died in 1548. While watching out for her son's interests in Neuchâtel, she was brought into contact with religious reformers in Switzerland. Jacqueline, who embraced Protestantism, turned her château at Blandy, in Brie, into a refuge for Huguenots. In 1567, she was imprisoned for harboring Protestants.
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