
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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The lady's arms (or, a fess chequy argent and gules) are those of the de la Marck family. Robert IV de La Marck (1491–1556), duc de Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and a Marshal of France had four surviving daughters: Antoinette (1542-91), who married Henri I de Montmorency; Diane, (born 1542), who married successively Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, Henri de Clermont and Jean Babou, Comte de Sagonne; Guillemette (1545–1592), who married John III, Comte de Ligny; and Catherine (born 1548), who married Jacques de Harlay, seigneur de Champvallon. The gentleman's unusual arms feature in a piece of stained glass that Horace Walpole acquired for Strawberry Hill.