Françoise d'Alençon

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Françoise d'Alençon

Born	1490
Died	14 September 1550(1550-09-14) (aged 59–60) La Flèche
Noble family	House of Valois
Spouse(s)	Francis II, Duke of Longueville Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
Issue	see list
Father	René of Alençon
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 Antoine, however, went on to marry 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
Charles de Bourbon, 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)
Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569), married 1551 Eléonore de Roye and 1565 Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville
Léonore de Bourbon, Abbess of Fontevraud (1532–1611)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Françoise d'Alençon

16. Peter II, Count of Alençon

8. John I, Duke of Alençon

17. Marie Chamaillard

4. John II, Duke of Alençon

18. John IV, Duke of Brittany

9. Marie of Brittany

19. Joan of Navarre

2. René, Duke of Alençon

20. Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac

10. John IV, Count of Armagnac

21. Bonne of Berry

5. Marie of Armagnac

22. Charles III of Navarre

11. Isabella of Navarre

23. Eleanor of Castile

1. Françoise d'Alençon

24. Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont

12. Antoine, Count of Vaudémont

25. Margaret of Joinville

6. Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont

26. John VII, Count of Harcourt

13. Marie, Countess of Harcourt

27. Marie d'Alençon

3. Margaret of Lorraine

28. Louis II of Anjou

14. René of Anjou

29. Yolande of Aragon

7. Yolande d'Anjou

30. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine

15. Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine

31. Margaret of the Palatinate

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.

v t e Duchesses of Vendôme
Wives of hereditary Dukes	Françoise d'Alençon Jeanne d'Albret Margaret of Valois Françoise of Lorraine Marie Anne de Bourbon Marie Joséphine of Savoy
Courtesy title	Henriette of Belgium Philomena de Tornos Steinhart

v t e Princesses of the Blood by marriage
The generations start from the children of François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, from whom are descended all legitimate Bourbons after the death in 1627 of Marie de Bourbon, last of the Montpensier branch of the dynasty.
1st generation	Françoise de Valois, Duchesse d'Alençon*
2nd generation	Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre Eléanor de Roucy de Roye Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville
3rd generation	Marie of Cleves Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille Jeanne de Coëmes Louise Marguerite de Lorraine-Guise Anne de Montafié
4th generation	Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency
5th generation	Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé Anna Maria Martinozzi Laura Mancini
6th generation	Princess Palatine Anne Marie Anne de Bourbon, légitimée de France Marie Thérèse de Bourbon-Condé*
7th generation	Louise Françoise de Bourbon, légitimée de France
8th generation	Auguste of Baden-Baden Marie Anne de Bourbon-Conti* Princess Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon-Condé*
9th generation	Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti* Charlotte de Rohan Maria Caterina Brignole Louise Diane d'Orléans*
10th generation	Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre* Bathilde d'Orléans* Princess Maria Fortunata d'Este of Modena Maria Luisa, Princess of Lamballe
11th generation	Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Charlotte de Rohan
* princess of the Blood in her own right as well as wife of a prince of the Blood

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