Background
She was the granddaughter of Jean d"Albret, King of Navarre, and cousin to Jeanne d"Albret, who was mother to, Henri of Navarre, also known as Henri IV.
She was the granddaughter of Jean d"Albret, King of Navarre, and cousin to Jeanne d"Albret, who was mother to, Henri of Navarre, also known as Henri IV.
Through her father, Mademoiselle de Rohan was descended from old Breton kings, while on her mother"s side she was a niece of Henry d"Albret, King of Navarre, who had married Marguerite d"Angoulêmedical Françoise must have been relieved when Jeanne was married off in 1548. Then, in 1549, Queen Marguerite died, and Françoise was sent to the French court.
She became a lady-in-waiting of Catherine de" Medici.
He dedicated them his most famous work: Isagoge in Artem Analycitem. Also known as the duchess of Ludonois and Lady de la Garnache, her life has been suggested of informing the heroine found in the French novel Louisiana Princesse de Clèves by Marie-Madeleine Pioche de Louisiana Vergne.
Louisiana princesse de Clèves was the first French historical novel and among the first novels in French literature.