Charlotte des Essarts

Charlotte des Essarts (1580-1651), was a French noblewoman.

She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1607–1609.

[1] She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Maria de Medici.

She participated in many political plots at court.

Before coming to the French court, Charlotte des Essarts had been a member of the household of the French ambassador in London, Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont and his wife Anne Rabot.