Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (also Catherine Henrietta de Vendôme, Duchesse d'Elbeuf) (11 November 1596 – 20 June 1663) was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France and his long-term maîtresse en titre Gabrielle d'Estrées. She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise. In 1619 she married Charles de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf.
Issue Charles III of Elbeuf (1620 – 4 May 1692) Henri (1622 – 3 April 1648) never married; Abbot of Hombieres François Louis, Count of Harcourt (1623 – 27 June 1694), married and had issue; François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne (4 April 1624 – 19 January 1694); married and had issue Catherine (1626–1645) Marie Marguerite (1629 – 7 August 1679) known as Mademoiselle d'Elboeuf; died unmarried and childless
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