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René, Duke of Alençon

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René, Duke of Alençon
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René of Alençon (1454 – 1 November 1492) was a French nobleman. He succeeded his father Jean II of Alençon as Duke of Alençon.

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Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Alençon of the House of Valois.
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Coat of arms of the counts of Perche.
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Life

René was born in 1454 to the House of Valois-Alençon. He was the son of John II of Alençon and Marie of Armagnac.[1]

In 1478, he was restored as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche, 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.[2]

Family

His first wife was Marguerite, daughter of William of Harcourt, Count of Tancarville.

He married a second time on 14 May 1488 at Toul, to Margaret of Lorraine (1463 1 November 1521),[3] daughter of Frederick, Count of Vaudémont and Yolande of Anjou. Margaret bore him three children:

  1. Charles IV of Alençon (14891525)[1]
  2. Françoise of Alençon (c. 1490 14 September 1550, La Fleche), Duchess of Beaumont, married 1505 in Blois, François, Duke of Longueville (d. 1512),[1] married 1513 Charles, Duke of Vendôme
  3. Anne (30 October 1492 18 October 1562, Casale Monferrato), Lady of la Guerche, married 31 August 1508 in Blois William IX Paleologos, Marquess of Montferrat[1]

He also had several illegitimate children:

  1. Charles (d. 1545), Lord of Cany[1]
  2. Marguerite, married 1485 Jacques de Boisguyon,[1] married Henri de Bournel
  3. Jacqueline, married Gilles des Ormes[1]
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