Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – 14 September 1550) was the eldest daughter of
René of Alençon
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René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the femini ...
and
Margaret of Lorraine
Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon (1463 at the castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine – 2 November 1521 in Argentan, Normandy) was a French noblewoman and a nun of the order of Poor Clares (''Ordre des Clarisses''). She was beatified in 1921.
...
, 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
Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin on ...
.
Her son
Antoine
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The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guia ...
, however, went on to marry
Jeanne III of Navarre
Jeanne d'Albret ( Basque: ''Joana Albretekoa''; Occitan: ''Joana de Labrit''; 16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.
Jeanne was the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Marga ...
, 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. 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
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. 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), married 1548
Jeanne III, Queen of Navarre.
*
François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien
François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien (23 September 1519 – 23 February 1546) was a French '' prince du sang'' from the House of Bourbon-Vendôme, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon (itself a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty). He was ...
(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
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(1523–1590), unmarried
* Catherine de Bourbon, Abbess of
Soissons
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(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
Ancestors
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Francoise Of Alencon, Duchess Of Vendome
House of Valois
1490 births
1550 deaths
House of Bourbon
Duchesses of Vendôme
Duchesses of Longueville