Jeanne-Françoise de Coeme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable

Jeanne de Coëme, Dame de Lucé and de Bonnétable (1555-1601) was the daughter of Louis de Coesme, Seigneur of Lucé and Anne de Pisseleu. Her mother was the niece of Anne de Pisseleu, Duchess of Étampes, the celebrated mistress of Francis I of France. Jeanne was the heiress of Bonnétable, a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.
Her first marriage, in January 1576, was with Louis de Montafié, Count of Montafié, Lord of Piedmont, Prince of Carignano. Together they had one child, Anne de Montafié born on July 21, 1577. On October 6th, 1577, when Anne was less than three months old, her father was assassinated at Aix-en-Provence while in the service of King Henry III of France as his lieutenant. Her mother required the intervention of the King and Pope Pius V to ensure that she regained the succession to her father's estate of Bonnétable.
On December 17, 1581, Jeanne de Coesme married a second time, to François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti at the Palais du Louvre. Jeanne died in 1601 and had no children with François. Jeanne’s daughter, Anne de Montafié became the Countess of Soissons after marrying Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons on December 27th, 1601. In this marriage, Anne brought her inheritance of the countship of Montafié in Piedmont as well as her mother's seigneuries of Bonnétable and Lucé to the Bourbons. Sadly, her mother died near Chartres on the day of Anne's wedding.

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