Henry III. Françoise was the heiress of her father and, as such, was the Duchess of Mercœur and Penthièvre suo jure. Françoise was the younger of two children...
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Françoise of Lorraine, the only surviving child and heiress of her brother, who later married César de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (illegitimate son of King...
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François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 25 June 1669) was the son of César, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise de Lorraine. He was a prominent...
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and was created the first Duke of Vendôme by his father in 1598. In the same year, he was engaged to Françoise de Lorraine, "..the wealthiest heiress in...
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of Navarre Also Duchess of Valois Also Duchess of Penthièvre Also Duchess of Étampes Also Duchess of Mercœur Also Countess of Provence Also Duchess of...
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Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – 14 September 1550) was the eldest daughter of René of Alençon and Margaret of Lorraine, and the younger sister and despoiled...
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Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier) Marie de Lorraine gave the Hôtel de Guise to Charles François de Stainville, count of Couvonges, in 1688....
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the court of Francis I of France. Charles was born at the Château de Vendôme, eldest son of Francis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme and Marie of Luxembourg...
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and to Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme. In 1721, at the death of her great-aunt, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Élisabeth Thérèse...
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February 1657) was reigning Duchess of Lorraine and Bar from 1 August 1624 to 21 November 1625, and duchess consort of Lorraine in 1625–1634. She was born...
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Claude of Lorraine (6 October 1612 – 2 August 1648) was the Duchess of Lorraine by marriage. Born into an illustrious House of Lorraine, she was the younger...
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Marguerite of Lorraine (22 July 1615 – 13 April 1672), Duchess of Orléans, was the wife of Gaston, younger brother of Louis XIII of France. As Gaston had...
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Élisabeth de Bourbon (redirect from Elizabeth Vendôme, Duchess of Savoy-Nemours)
mother was the Duchess of Mercœur and Penthièvre in her own right and was the greatest heiress of her time. Styled as Mademoiselle de Vendôme prior to marriage...
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favour of her brother Louis-Auguste, Duke of Maine. Françoise Marie was born in 1677 at the Château de Maintenon, owned since 1674 by Françoise d'Aubigné...
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Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon (1463 at the castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine – 2 November 1521 in Argentan, Normandy) was a French noblewoman and...
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Lorraine who became a Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage. She served as Regent of Tuscany jointly with her daughter-in-law during the minority of her...
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Elisabeth of Lorraine (9 October 1574 – 4 January 1635), was a Duchess and an Electress consort of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria...
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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, (French pronunciation: [an maʁi lwiz dɔʁleɑ̃], 29 May 1627 – 5 April 1693) known as La Grande Mademoiselle...
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She was Duchess of Orléans through her marriage to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. Fleeing England with her mother as an infant in the midst of the English...
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Philippe de Bourbon-Vendôme, 4th Duke of Vendôme (1655–1727), called le prieur de Vendôme. A grand prior for France in the Order of Malta, he was also...
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leaving his sister, Françoise de Lorraine-Mercœur the duchy of Penthièvre. The Duchess of Vendôme's grandson, Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, inherited Penthièvre...
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Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Duke William V. Born in Nancy, Renata was the second child and eldest daughter of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and...
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Gabrielle d'Estrées (redirect from Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux)
Her four children with Henry were: César, Duke of Vendôme (1594–1665); married Françoise de Lorraine and had issue. In 1626, he participated in a plot...
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the Reformed Jacobins. Her daughter, Françoise of Lorraine, eventually married César de Bourbon, now Duke of Vendôme, on July 7, 1609. Marie had opposed...
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Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of Charles, Count of Artois, henceforth becoming the Duchess of Angoulême. She was briefly Queen of France in 1830...
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was the child of Francis, Count of Vendôme and Marie I, Countess of Saint-Pol. Her paternal grandparents were John VIII, Count of Vendôme and Isabelle...
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Louise Françoise, Duchess of Bourbon (1 June 1673 – 16 June 1743) was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre...
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None Duchess of Guise Duchess of Lorraine Duchess of Aumale...
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Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria. By her two marriages, she became Duchess of Milan, then Duchess of Lorraine. She served as...
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Charles, Count of Vendôme had his title raised to Duke of Vendôme. His son Antoine became King of Navarre, on the northern side of the Pyrenees, by...
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