Renée o Fraunce
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Renée o Fraunce | |
|---|---|
| Duchess o Ferrara, Modena an Reggio | |
 Portrait bi Jean Clouet, c. 1520. | |
| Born | 25 October 1510 Château de Blois |
| Dee'd | 12 Juin 1574 (aged 63) Château de Montargis |
| Buirial | Château de Montargis |
| Spouse | Duke Ercole II d'Este o Ferrara |
| Issue | Anna, Duchess o Nemours Alfonso II, Duke o Ferrara Lucrezia Maria, Duchess o Urbino Eleonora d'Este Luigi d'Este |
| Hoose | Valois (Orléans branch) |
| Faither | Louis XII o Fraunce |
| Mither | Anne o Brittany |
| Releegion | Calvinism prev. Roman Catholicism |
  | |
Renée o Fraunce (25 October 1510 – 12 Juin 1574), wis the Duchess o Ferrara due tae her mairiage tae Ercole II d'Este, grandson o Pape Alexander VI. She wis the younger surviving dochter o Louis XII o Fraunce and Anne o Brittany. In her later life she became an important supporter o the Protestant Reformation an ally o John Calvin.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 28 Juin 1528 she mairit Ercole d'Este, Hereditary Prince o Modena in Ferrara. She wis a dochter o Keeng Louis XII o Fraunce In Italy she wis cried "Renatia di Francia".
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Anna d'Este (16 November 1531 – 1607) mairit firstly, Francis, Duke o Guise until 1536, mairit again tae Jacques, Duke o Nemours
- Alfonso II, Duke o Ferrara (22 November 1533 – 1597)
- Lucrezia Maria d'Este 16 December 1535 – 1598) mairit Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke o Urbino.
- Eleonora d'Este (1537-1581)
- Luigi d'Este, 21 December 1538 – 1586, Bishop o Ferrara an Archbishop o Auch.
External links[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Renée o Fraunce at Wikimedia Commons