Françoise d'Alençon
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Mother | Margaret 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:
- Louis de Bourbon (1514–1516), died in infancy
- Marie de Bourbon (1515–1538), unmarried, prospective bride of King James V of Scotland in 1536
- Marguerite de Bourbon (1516–1559), married 1538 Francis I of Cleves, Duke de Nevers (1516–1561)[1]
- Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1518–1562),[1] married 1548 Jeanne III, Queen of Navarre.
- François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien(1519–1546), unmarried
- Madeleine de Bourbon, Abbess of Sainte Croix de Poitiers (1521–1561)
- Louis de Bourbon (1522–1525), died in infancy
- Archbishop of Rouen(1523–1590)
- Catherine de Bourbon, Abbess of Soissons (1525–1594)
- Renée de Bourbon, Abbess of Chelles (1527–1583)
- Jean de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Enghien (1528–1557), married 1557 his first cousin Marie, Duchess of Estouteville(1539–1601)
- Eléonore de Roye and 1565 Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville
- Léonore de Bourbon, Abbess of Fontevraud(1532–1611)
Ancestors
Ancestors of Françoise d'Alençon |
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References
- ^ a b c d Potter 1995, p. 378.
- ^ 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.