Françoise d'Alençon

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Noble family House of Valois Mother Margaret of Lorraine		Father René of Alençon
Died 14 September 1550, La Flèche, France Spouse Charles, Duke of Vendôme (m. 1513) Children Antoine of Navarre, Louis, Prince of Condé Parents René, Duke of Alençon, Margaret of Lorraine Grandchildren Henry IV of France, Catherine de Bourbon Similar Charles - Duke of Vendôme, Antoine of Navarre, Henry IV of France, Jeanne d'Albret, Francis - Count of Vendôme

Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – September 14, 1550) was the eldest daughter of René of Alençon and Margaret of Lorraine, 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 Antoine, however, went on to marry Jeanne III of Navarre, born of the second marriage of Marguerite with Henry II of Navarre.

Issue

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

Jacques d'Orléans-Longueville (1511–1512), unmarried

Renée d'Orléans-Longueville, Countess of Dunois (1508–1515), unmarried

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

Louis de Bourbon (1514–1516), unmarried

Marie de Bourbon (1515–1538), unmarried

Marguerite de Bourbon(1516–1589), married 1538 Francis I of Cleves, Duke de Nevers (1516–1561)

Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1518 – 1562)

François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien (1519–1546), unmarried

Madeleine de Bourbon, Abbess of Sainte Croix de Poitiers (1521–1561), unmarried

Louis de Bourbon (1522–1525), unmarried

Charles de Bourbon, Archbishop of Rouen (1523–1590), unmarried

Catherine de Bourbon, Abbess of Soissons (1525–1594), unmarried

Renée de Bourbon, Abbess of Chelles (1527–1583), unmarried

Jean de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Enghien (1528–1557), married 1557 his first cousin Marie, Duchess of Estouteville (1539–1601)

Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569), married Eléonore de Roye

Léonore de Bourbon, Abbess of Fontevraud (1532–1611), unmarried;

References

Françoise d'Alençon Wikipedia

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