René I, Viscount of Rohan
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René I de Rohan, (1516–1552) 18th Viscount of Rohan, Viscount and Prince de Léon, and Marquis de Blain married
, Queen of Navarre.Life
René was the son of Pierre II de Rohan[1] and Anne de Rohan,[2] who upon her death transmitted the titles of her brother, Jacques de Rohan, who died without heirs.
Queen Margaret of Navarre, sister of Francis I of France served as guardian of René, and arranged for René to marry her sister-in-law Isabella.[3] This introduced Protestantism into the House of Rohan. A family who would fight on Protestant side in the Huguenot rebellions.
René died in 1552 fighting on the Holy Roman Empire frontier during the Siege of Metz.[1]
Children
René and Isabella of Navarre had:
- Jacques de Savoie, duc de Nemours
- Louis de Rohan, seigneur de Gié
- Henri I, Viscount of Rohan, 19th Viscount of Rohan, married Françoise of Tournemine[2]
- Jean de Rohan, married Diane of Barbançon[2]
- René II, de Rohan, 20th Viscount of Rohan, married Catherine of Parthenay[2]
References
- ^ a b Clarke 1966, p. 2.
- ^ a b c d Walsby 2007, p. 188.
- ^ Woodacre 2013, p. 163.
- ^ Vester 2012, p. 48.
Bibliography
- Clarke, Jack A. (1966). Huguenot Warrior: The Life and Times of Henri de Rohan, 1579–1638. Springer.
- Vester, Matthew Allen (2012). Renaissance dynasticism and apanage politics : Jacques de Savoie-Nemours, 1531-1585. Truman State University Press.
- Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Walsby, Malcolm (2007). The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century France. Ashgate.
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