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Françoise de Longwy
Portrait by Corneille de Lyon, 1536
Full name	Françoise de Longwy
Born	1510
Died	28 August 1561(1561-08-28) (aged 50–51)
Spouse(s)	Philippe Chabot ​ ​(m. 1526; died 1543)​ Jacques de Pérusse des Cars ​ ​(m. 1544)​
Issue	François Chabot Léonor Chabot Françoise Chabot Antoinette Chabot Anne Chabot Anne d'Escars de Givry
Father	Jean IV de Longwy
Mother	Jeanne d'Angoulême

Françoise de Longwy (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz də lɔ̃wi]; 1510 – 28 August 1561) was the first-born and eldest daughter of Jean IV de Longwy and his wife, Jeanne d'Angoulême. After the passing of her father, as eldest, she inherited the title of Dame of Pagny and Mirebeau. On 10 January 1526, Françoise wed Philippe Chabot, thereby through marriage, succeeded to the Countess of Charny and Buzançois. At court she held the position of lady-in-waiting to Catherine de Medici, and for Eleanor of Austria between the years of 1532 and 1543.

Early life

Born in 1510, Françoise was the daughter of Jean IV of Longwy and Jeanne d'Angoulême, the illegitimate daughter of Charles, Count of Angoulême. Françoise's mother was the half-sister of Francis I of France.

On 10 January 1526, at the age of 16, Françoise married Philippe Chabot, Seigneur De Brion, Count of Charny and Buzançois, present at the marriage was the court of King Francis. In 1532, Françoise was appointed as Dame d'Honneur to Queen Eleanor of Austria, her time as Dame d'Honneur came to an end in 1543 and in 1560, she served as Dame d'Honneur to Queen Catherine de Medici.

Ancestry

References

1. ^ Potter 2004, p. 65.

Sources

• Potter, David (2004). Foreign Intelligence and Information in the Elizabethan England:Two English Treatises on the State of France, 1580-1584. Cambridge University Press.

• 1510 births
• 1561 deaths
• French noblewomen
• French nobility
• 16th-century French nobility
• 16th-century French women
• Ladies-in-waiting