Françoise o Lorraine

Françoise o Lorraine
Duchess o Vendôme
Engraving o Françoise while a widow
Born	1592 Nantes, Fraunce
Dee'd	8 September 1669 (aged 77) Paris, France
Buirial	Capucins, Paris, Fraunce
Spouse	César, Duke o Vendôme
Issue	Louis, Duke o Vendôme François, Duke o Beaufort Élisabeth, Duchess o Nemours
Full name Françoise de Lorraine
Faither	Philippe Emmanuel, Duke o Mercœur
Mither	Marie de Luxembourg

Françoise o Lorraine (November 1592 – 8 September 1669) wis a princess o Lorraine an daughter-in-law o Henry IV o Fraunce. Sometimes cried Françoise de Mercœur, she belonged tae the Mercœur cadet branch o the sovereign Dukes o Lorraine an wis a niece o Louise o Lorraine, wife o the previous Keeng Henry III. Françoise wis the heiress o her faither an, wis the Duchess o Mercœur an Penthièvre suo jure.

Mairiage

On 16 Julie 1609, at the Palace o Fontainebleau "Mademoiselle de Mercœur" mairit César de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme. He wis an illegitimate son o Keeng Henry IV o Fraunce an his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. He wis a brither o Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Duchess o Elbeuf an half brither o Louis XIII an Gaston o Fraunce.

Childer

1. Louis de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme (October 1612 – 6 August 1669) mairit Laura Mancini an haed childer.
2. Élisabeth de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Vendôme (August 1614 – 19 Mey 1664) mairit Charles Amadeus o Savoy, Duke o Nemours an haed childer.
3. François de Bourbon, Duke o Beaufort (16 Januar 1616 – 15 Juin 1669) niver mairit.

Teetles an styles

• 1592 – 16 Julie 1609 "Mademoiselle de Mercœur".
• 16 Julie 1609 – 22 October 1665 Her Most Serene Highness the Duchess o Vendôme.
• 22 October 1665 – 8 September 1669 Her Most Serene Highness the Dowager Duchess o Vendôme.

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