Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French noblewoman
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Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
About Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Vendôme
- Françoise of Lorraine (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 Dukes of Lorraine and was a niece of Louise of Lorraine, wife of the previous King Henry III.
- Françoise was the heiress of her father and, as such, was the Duchess of Mercœur and Penthièvre suo jure.
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