René, Duke of Alençon
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René of Alençon | |
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Duke of Alençon Count of Perche | |
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Born | 1454 |
Died | 1 November 1492 Chateau d'Alençon | (aged 37–38)
Noble family | House of Valois-Alençon |
Spouse(s) | Marguerite of Harcourt Margaret of Lorraine |
Father | John II of Alençon |
Mother | Marie of Armagnac |
René of Alençon (1454 – 1 November 1492) was a French nobleman. He succeeded his father John II of Alençon as Duke of Alençon.
Life
[edit]René was born in 1454 to the House of Valois-Alençon. He was the son of John II of Alençon and Marie of Armagnac.[1]
In 1478, he was restored as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche, titles which had been confiscated from his family after his father's conviction in 1474.
Family
[edit]His first wife was Marguerite, daughter of William of Harcourt, Count of Tancarville.
He married a second time on 14 May 1488 at Toul, to Margaret of Lorraine (1463 – 1 November 1521),[2] daughter of Frederick, Count of Vaudémont and Yolande of Anjou. Margaret bore him three children:
- Charles IV of Alençon (1489–1525)[1]
- Françoise of Alençon (c. 1490 – 14 September 1550, La Fleche), Duchess of Beaumont, married 1505 in Blois, François, Duke of Longueville (d. 1512),[1] married 1513 Charles, Duke of Vendôme
- Anne (30 October 1492 – 18 October 1562, Casale Monferrato), Lady of la Guerche, married 31 August 1508 in Blois William IX Paleologos, Marquess of Montferrat[1]
He also had several illegitimate children:
- Charles (d. 1545), Lord of Cany[1]
- Marguerite, married 1485 Jacques de Boisguyon,[1] married Henri de Bournel
- Jacqueline, married Gilles des Ormes[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Potter 1995, p. 375.
- ^ Hickson 2012, p. 113.
Sources
[edit]- Hickson, Sally Anne (2012). Women, Art and Architectural Patronage in Renaissance Mantua. Ashgate Publishing.
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.