Renée of France
Noble person
1510 – 1575
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Who was Renée of France?
Renée of France was the younger surviving child of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. She was the Duchess of Ferrara due to her marriage to Ercole II d'Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI. In her later life she became an important supporter of the Protestant reformation and ally of John Calvin.
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- Born
- Oct 25, 1510
Château de Blois - Also known as
- Renee of France
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
(1528/06/28 - )
- Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- Children
- Religion
- Roman Catholic Church
- Calvinism
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- French people
- Lived in
- Centre Region, France
- Died
- Jun 12, 1575
Montargis
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on July 23, 2013
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