Françoise d'Alençon

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Françoise d'Alençon
René of Alençon
MotherMargaret of Lorraine

Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – 14 September 1550) was the eldest daughter of

René of Alençon and Margaret of Lorraine,[1] and the younger sister and despoiled heiress of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
.

The sister and heiress of

Charles IV of Alençon, she was despoiled of her heritage by her sister-in-law Marguerite of Angoulême, sister of King Francis I of France
.

Her son

Jeanne III of Navarre, born of the second marriage of Marguerite with Henry II of Navarre. The grandson of Françoise and Marguerite, Henry de Bourbon
, would become King of France and Navarre.

Family

In 1505, Françoise married Francis II, Duke of Longueville.[2] They had 2 children:

  • Renée d'Orléans-Longueville, Countess of Dunois (1508–1515), died in infancy
  • Jacques d'Orléans-Longueville (1511–1512), died in infancy

On 18 May 1513, Françoise married, secondly, Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme.[1] They had 13 children:

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ a b c d Potter 1995, p. 378.
  2. ^ Commire 2000, p. 270.

Sources

  • Commire, Anne (2000). Women in World History. Vol. 10. Gale.
  • Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.