René of Alençon (1454 – 1 November 1492) was a French

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. He succeeded his father

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Life

René was born in 1454 to the

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. He was the son of

and Marie of Armagnac. In 1478, he was restored as

and

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, titles which had been confiscated from his family after his father's conviction in 1474, as part of agreeing to destroy fortifications on his land.

Family

His first wife was Marguerite, daughter of William of Harcourt, Count of Tancarville. He married a second time on 14 May 1488 at

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, to Margaret of Lorraine (1463 – 1 November 1521), daughter of Frederick, Count of Vaudémont and Yolande of Anjou. Margaret bore him three children: # Charles IV of Alençon (1489–1525) #

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(c. 1490 – 14 September 1550, La Fleche), Duchess of Beaumont, married 1505 in

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, François, Duke of Longueville (d. 1512), married 1513 Charles, Duke of Vendôme #

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(30 October 1492 – 18 October 1562,

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), Lady of la Guerche, married 31 August 1508 in Blois William IX Paleologos, Marquess of Montferrat He also had several illegitimate children: # Charles (d. 1545), Lord of Cany # Marguerite, married 1485 Jacques de Boisguyon, married Henri de Bournel # Jacqueline, married Gilles des Ormes

Ancestry

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* * 1454 births 1492 deaths House of Valois-Alençon 103 Counts of Perche 15th-century peers of France {{France-noble-stub