Henri II d'Orléans
Duke of Longueville
In office 1595–1663
Prince of Neuchâtel
In office 1595–1663
Personal details
Born	(1595-04-06)6 April 1595
Died	11 May 1663(1663-05-11) (aged 68)
Spouses	Louise de Bourbon Anne Geneviève de Bourbon
Children	7, includingMarie andCharles Paris d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville
Parents	Henri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (father) Princess CatherineGonzaga (mother)

Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville orHenri de Valois-Longueville (6 April 1595 – 11 May 1663), a legitimated prince of France (of royal descent) andpeer of France, served as governor ofPicardy, then ofNormandy, and was a major figure during theFronde.^[a]

He was the only son ofHenri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville^[2] and PrincessCatherine de Nevers who belonged to the influentialGonzaga family.

As an opponent ofConcino Concini, the favourite ofMarie de' Medici, he joined the plot mounted in 1616 byHenri II of Bourbon-Condé, during which his forces occupied the city ofPéronne, Concini's last remaining stronghold in Picardy.^[3][4] In 1619, he gave the governorship of Picardy to Louis XIII's favorite,Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, obtaining in exchange that of Normandy.^[5] In the summer of 1620, he joined therevolt of Marie de Medici,^[6] but the Parliament of Rouen and the city of Dieppe, which he besieged, remained loyal to the king. Longueville was suspended from his duties for a few months.

Longueville headed the French delegation in the talks that led to theTreaty of Westphalia which ended theThirty Years War (1648).^[7] During the peace proceedings, his insistence on being calledAltesse, added to the conflict regarding ambassadorial titles.^[8]

In his role as sovereignprince of Neuchâtel, and acting as antagonist of theHabsburg power rather than as liberal benefactor, he succeeded in obtaining formal exemption from the Holy Roman Empire for all cantons and associates of theSwiss Confederacy.

In 1642 he marriedAnne Geneviève de Bourbon;^[2] his brother-in-law wasLouis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, leader of the aristocratic party in the Fronde. After thePeace of Rueil (11 March 1649) had ended the first phase of the civil war,Mazarin's sudden arrest of the Grand Condé, his brother the prince de Conti and their brother-in-law the duc de Longueville, on 14 January 1650 precipitated the next phase of the Fronde, theFronde des nobles.^[9]

He married his first wifeLouise de Bourbon inParis on 10 April 1617,^[1] their children were:

• Marie (1625–1707), who marriedHenri II, Duke of Nemours^[1]
• Louise (1626–1628)
• X (1634–1634)

After his first wife's death, he marriedAnne Geneviève de Bourbon in 1642, their children were:

• Charlotte Louise, Mademoiselle de Dunois (1644–1645)^[1]
• Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville (1646–1694)^[2]
• Marie Gabrielle (1646–1650)^[1]
• Charles Paris d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville (1649–1672).^[2]

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