René de Brosse, also René de Bretagne was the elder son of

Jean III de Brosse Jean III de Brosse (d. 1502) was Count of Penthièvre from 1480 until his death. He was the elder son of Jean II de Brosse and Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre. On 15 May 1468, he married Louise de Laval, daughter of Guy XIV de Laval and Isabel ...

and Louise de Laval. He was killed at the

Battle of Pavia The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–1526 between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg empire of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor as well as ruler of Spain, Au ...

on 24 February 1525.

Family

He was

Count of Penthièvre Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

, married Jeanne de Commines (daughter of

Philippe de Commines Philippe de Commines (or de Commynes or "Philippe de Comines"; Latin: ''Philippus Cominaeus''; 1447 – 18 October 1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" (Charles ...

) and was the father of

Jean IV de Brosse Jean IV de Brosse, duc d'Étampes et Chevreuse, comte de Penthièvre (1505 in Lamballe – 31 January 1565) was a French governor, military commander and courtier. The son of René de Brosse and member of a prominent Breton family that had bee ...

and three daughters: *

; he was, as John VII, last count of Penthièvre, with no offspring. * Charlotte de Brosse, married François de Luxembourg; her son Sebastian de Luxembourg, 1st duke of Penthièvre, succeeded his uncle. * two other daughters. In 1516 he married Françoise de Maillé, but she died shortly after their marriage and they had no children together. He then married his third wife, Jeanne de Goufi of the House of Lucinge in Savoye, who some say was his second wife. Their daughter Françoise de Bretagne (also Françoise de Brosse) married

Claude Gouffier Claude Gouffier was a French nobleman and book collector. He was the model for the "Marquis de Carabas" from the story ''Puss in Boots'' by Charles Perrault. Biography He was the son of Artus Gouffier, tutor to the count of Angoulême who even ...

in 1545; she died in childbirth in 1558.

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1525 deaths Counts of Penthièvre People of the Italian Wars People killed in action Deaths in Italy 16th-century French people Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub