Francoise d'Orleans, Mademoiselle de Longueville
| Françoise d'Orléans | |||||
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| Princess of Condé | |||||
Françoise d'Orléans by an unknown artist
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| Born | 5 April 1549 Châteaudun, France |
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| Died | 11 June 1601 (aged 52) Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Louis, Prince of Condé | ||||
| Issue | Charles, Count of Soissons | ||||
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| Father | François d'Orléans | ||||
| Mother | Jacqueline de Rohan | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic (formerly Huguenot) | ||||
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| Françoise d'Orléans |
Françoise d'Orléans (5 April 1549 – 11 June 1601) was the second wife of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, a "Prince du Sang" and leader of the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.
Her paternal grandparents were Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville, Sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, Prince of Chatel-Aillon, and Princess Johanna of Baden-Hochberg, Sovereign Countess of Neuchâtel and Margravine of Rothelin, and her maternal grandparents were Charles de Rohan, Viscount of Fronsac and Jeanne de Saint-Séverin.
Françoise had an older brother, Leonor, Duke of Longueville, Duke of Estouteville, and Prince du Sang (1540–1573), who married, in 1563, Marie d'Estouteville (1539–1601), by whom he had issue, including Henri I, himself later Duke of Longueville. Françoise's cousin, François de Longueville was the uterine half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots. Her maternal aunt, Claude de Thoury de Rohan, was a mistress of King Francis I of France.
Françoise was born on 5 April 1549 in Châteaudun, France. She was the only daughter of François d'Orléans, Marquis of Rothelin, Prince of Chalet-Aillon, Viscount of Melun, and Jacqueline de Rohan, herself the Marquise of Rothelin in her own right. Her father had died on 25 October 1548, less than six months before her birth. From birth she was known as Mademoiselle de Longueville.
On 8 November 1565, in the Château de Vendôme, Françoise married Prince of Condé, the youngest brother of King Antoine of Navarre and a Huguenot general. This made Francoise the sister-in-law of the powerful Jeanne d'Albret, who was queen regnant of Navarre and the spiritual leader of the Huguenots. Condé's first wife, Eléanor de Roucy de Roye, had died in 1564. Together he and Françoise had three sons. Through her marriage, she ranked as a princess of the Blood.
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