The Fifteen Princesses of Orange: Charlotte of Bourbon
7th November 2015
Charlotte of Bourbon The third Princess
of Orange was Charlotte of Bourbon. She was born in 1546 or 1547 as
the daughter of Louis, Duke of Montpensier and Jacqueline de
Longwy, Countess of Bar-Sur-Seine. She was their fourth daughter
and fifth child. Supposedly her father intended her for the church
as well as some of her sisters, as he did not want to pay a dowry
for all of them. She was taken…

