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Françoise de Dinan (1436-1499), was a French heiress, courtier and educator. She was the governess of
Anne of Brittany Anne of Brittany (; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She was the only woman to have been queen consort of Fran ...
. She was the daughter and heir of Jacques de Dinan (d. 1444), lord of Beaumanoir and chamberlain at the court of Brittany, and Catherine de Rohan. She was also the heir of her paternal uncle Bertrand de Dinan (d. 1444), Marshall of Bretagne, Lord of Montafilant, Chateaubriant and Huguetières. She was abducted by and forced to marry
Gilles of Brittany Gilles of Brittany (1420 – 25 April 1450) was a Breton prince and Lord of Chantocé. He was the son of John V of Brittany and Joan of France, and the younger brother of the dukes Francis I and Peter II. Biography Gilles was born in 1420 ...
, brother of
Francis I, Duke of Brittany Francis I (in Breton Fransez I, in French François I) (11 May 1414 – 17 July 1450), was Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular Earl of Richmond, from 29 August 1442 to his death. He was born in Vannes, the son of John V, Duke of B ...
and
Peter II, Duke of Brittany Peter II (in Breton Pêr II, in French Pierre II) (1418–1457), was Duke of Brittany, Montfort of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1450 to his death. He was son of Duke John V, Duke of Brittany, John VI and Joan of ...
, in 1444. She was widowed in 1450, when her spouse was imprisoned and died at the instigation of
Arthur de Montauban Arthur de Montauban (died March 9, 1479), French magistrate and prelate, belonged to one of the great families of Brittany. To satisfy a private grudge against Gilles, brother of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, he intrigued to such good purpose that G ...
, who wished to marry her. By the help of
Françoise d'Amboise Françoise d'Amboise, O.Carm (9 May 1427 – 4 November 1485) was a French Carmelite nun. Biography D'Amboise was born in the castle of Thouars. She was the daughter of the rich noble Louis d'Amboise, prince of Talmont and Viscount of Thou ...
, she married
Guy XIV de Laval Guy XIV de Laval, François de Montfort-Laval, (28 January 1406 – 2 September 1486, Châteaubriant), comte de Laval, baron de Vitré and of La Roche-Bernard, seigneur of Gâvre, of Acquigny, of Tinténiac, of Montfort and Gaël, of Bé ...
in 1451. In 1488, she was appointed governess to Anne of Brittany and her sister Isabelle. She played an active role in the political marriage arrangements surrounding Anne. In 1494, she remarried the noble Jean de Proisy.


References

* Françoise de Dinan », dans Alphonse-Victor Angot, Ferdinand Gaugain, Dictionnaire historique, topographique et biographique de la Mayenne, Goupil, 1900-1910 étail de l’édition t. IV, p. 528. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dinan, Francoise de 1436 births 1499 deaths 15th-century French nobility 15th-century educators French governesses