Françoise Of Lorraine, Duchess Of Vendôme
Françoise of Lorraine (1 November 1592 – 8 September 1669) was a princess of Lorraine and daughter-in-law of Henry IV of France. Sometimes known as ''Françoise de Mercœur'', she belonged to the Mercœur cadet branch of the sovereign Duke of Lorraine, Dukes of Lorraine and was a niece of Louise of Lorraine, wife of the previous Henry III of France, King Henry III. Françoise was the heiress of her father and, as such, was the Duchess of Duke of Mercoeur, Mercœur and Counts and dukes of Penthièvre, Penthièvre ''suo jure''. Biography Françoise was the younger of two children. She was born in November 1592 with the exact date unknown; her only sibling, Philippe Louis, died in 1590 aged one making her the heiress to a large private fortune. During the reign of Henry III, her father had put himself at the head of the Catholic League (French), Catholic League in Brittany, and had himself proclaimed protector of the Roman Catholic Church in the province in 1588. Invoking the here ...
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