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Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (1649–1734), was born to an ancient, provincial (and impoverished) aristocratic family from Brittany. She first came to England in 1670 as Maid of Honour to Charles II’s sister, Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans, who was a major supporter of the French, and therefore Catholic, cause.
Portrait miniature of Louise Renée de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, a copy after Mignard, watercolour on vellum, painted by Susannah-Penelope Rosse. Physical description Portrait of a woman, head and shoulders, turned slightly to left and looking to front, and wearing a pearl earring in her left ear.
Louise Renée. de PENANCOËT de Keroual. (Louise Renée de PENANCOËT) Duchesse de Portsmouth et d'Aubigny. Née le 6 septembre 1649 - château de Keroual - Guilers, 29069, Finistère, Bretagne, FRANCE. Décédée le 14 novembre 1734 - rue des Saints-Pères - Paris, 75056, Paris, Île-de-France, FRANCE,à l'âge de 85 ans.
Louise de Kéroualle. Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, 1. księżna Portsmouth (ur. wrzesień 1649, zm. 14 listopada 1734 w Paryżu) – francuska szlachcianka, kochanka króla Anglii i Szkocji Karola II. Była córką bretońskiego szlachcica Guillaume de Penancoët, pana de Kérouaille, i jego żony Marie de Ploeuc de Timeur.
Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle replaced Barbara Villiers as Charles IIs principal mistress in 1671 and remained in his affections until his death. Born to an ancient, though impoverished family from Brittany, Louise served at the French court as maid of honour to Charless sister, Henrietta Anne, who was married to Louis XIVs younger brother, the Duke of Orléans.
Louise herself was granted the titles of Baroness Petersfield, Countess of Fareham and Duchess of Portsmouth in 19 August 1673. In December 1673 she was appointed Duchess of Aubigny in the Peerage of France at the request of Charles II. Charles' nicknamed her was 'Fubbs', meaning plump or chubby and in 1682 a new royal yacht, HMY Fubbs, was ...
Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (1649–1734), was born to an ancient, provincial (and impoverished) aristocratic family from Brittany. She first came to England in 1670 as Maid of Honour to Charles II’s sister, Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans, who was a major supporter of the French, and therefore Catholic, cause.
