Brief lives of women who reigned or ruled in their own right or by marriage by providing their a) proprietary titles, b) parents/pedigree, c) patrimony and properties, d) persona or personality, e) powers exercised, f) patronages and g) progeny or posterity.
FALQUILINE DE BIGORRE
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Bigorre.
FELICITAS VON BEICHLINGEN
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Beichlingen.
FIORENZA CRISPO (d. before 1483)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Santorini, 1479-1480 [49]
FIORENZA SANUDO
Proprietary Titles: Duchess of Naxos, 1361-1378 [50]
FIORENZA SANUDO (d.1371)
Proprietary Title: 7th Duchess of the Archipelago, 1362-1371.
Parents/Pedigree: Giovanni I, Duke of the Archipelago.
Partners/Progeny: (1) Giovanni dalle Carceri (d.1358), Lord of Euboea, with whom she had Niccolo III dalle Carceri, who succeeded her; (2) Vignose, Lord of Chios; (3) Nerio I acciajuoli, Duke of Athens; (4) 1364, Niccolo Spezzabanda.
Note: "In 1361, a few years after his release, Giovanni I died, leaving an only daughter, Fiorenza, as Duchess of the Archipelago. It was the first time thatthis romantic State had been governed by a woman, and, needless to say, there was no lack of competitors for thehand of the rich and beautiful young widow...." (Essays on the Latin Orient, p. 168)
Note: "In 1361, a few years after his release, Giovanni I died, leaving an only daughter, Fiorenza, as Duchess of the Archipelago. It was the first time thatthis romantic State had been governed by a woman, and, needless to say, there was no lack of competitors for thehand of the rich and beautiful young widow...." (Essays on the Latin Orient, p. 168)
FIORENZA I SANUDO (d.1397)
[Bio1]
Proprietary Title: Lady of Milos.
Parents/Pedigree: Marco Sanudo, Lord of Milos.
Partner/Progeny: 1383 Francesco I Crispo, 10th Duke of the Archipelago, with whom she had children.
FRANCESCA ACCIAJUOLI
Proprietary Titles: Duchess of Athens, 1394–1395
FRANCOISE D'ALENCON (d.1550)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Beaumount-au-Maine, 1525-1550.
FRANCOISE D'AMBOISE
a.k.a. Francoise de Bretagne, Francoise de Blois-Bretagne
[Bio1] [Ref1:523]
Proprietary Titles: Comtesse de Perigord, Viscountess of Limoges, 1456–1481; Dame d'Avesnes.
[Bio1] [Ref1:523]
Proprietary Titles: Comtesse de Perigord, Viscountess of Limoges, 1456–1481; Dame d'Avesnes.
Parents and Pedigree: She was the daughter of Guillaume de Chatillon-Blois, Vicomte de Limoges and Seigneur d'Avesnes, and of Isabelle deLa Tour d'Auvergne.
Patrimony and Properties
Persona and Personality
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Patronages
Partner(s) and Progeny: She married, in 1470, Alain d'Albret, Comte de Graves and Vicomte de Tartas.
FRANCOISE DE DINAN (1436-99)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Chateaubriant.
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FRANCOISE DE LORRAINE (1592-1669)
Also known as: Françoise de Mercœur
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Penthièvre, 1602–1608, Duchess of Penthièvre, 1608–1669, Duchess of Mercœur, 1602-1649 (Resigned), Marquise of Nomeny, Princess of Martigues, Baroness d'Ancenis .
Other Titles: Duchess of Vendome & Duchess of Etampes (by marriage)
Properties: Principality of Martigues, Duchy of Etampes and Lordship of Ancenis.
Principality of Martigues: "In 1580, the viscounty of Martigues (erected in 1472) is erected in principality. At its maximum extension, the principality of Martigues will include, in addition to the viscounty of Martigues, the baronies of Berre, Entressen, Istres, Lançon, Saint-Miter and Châteauvieux, as well as the seigneuries of Ferrières and Jonquières, de Fos, Châteauneuf, Rognac, Pennes and Carry" (Wikipedia)
Parents/Pedigree: Philippe Emmanuel of Lorraine, Duke of Mercouer, & Marie de Luxembourg, Duchess of Penthievre.
Partners/Progeny: Cesar de Bourbon (1594-1665), Duke of Vendome, 2 sons/1 daughter.
FRANCOISE DE PENTHIEVRE (1440–1481)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Avesnes & Viscountess of Limoges & Lomagne, 1455–1481, Countess of Périgord.
FRANCOISE DE PERIGORD (d.1481)
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Périgord
FRANCOISE DE ROHAN (d.1591)
Proprietary Titles: Duchess of Loudon.
FRANCOISE DE LA MAZELIERE
Properties: "...Her family traditionally owned the governorship of Brest, as well as extensive lands in the bishoprics of Dol, Saint-Malo, Leon, and Nantes: her annual landed income was 100,000 livres. Her castellany of Chateuneuf included fifty-five fiefs holding high justice and jurisdiction over fifty parishes. All told, there were 127 seigneurial jurisdictions under her authority: Coetquen himself was one of her vassals." (Collins, p. 115)
Notes: "...[T]he marquis of Coetquen was governor of Saint-Malo, the key local fortress. He also held the castellany of Malestroit, the barony of Combourg, the marquisate of la Mazeliere, and through his wife, Francoise de la Marzeliere, the marquisate of la Marzeliere and the castellany of Bain. Bain alone held jurisdication over twelve parishes and twelve fiefs, four of them of high justice. (Collins, p. 114)
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