Charles, Duke of Vendôme
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Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme was a French soldier, governor, Prince du Sang and courtier during the reigns of Louis XII and François I. Charles was the son of François de Bourbon and Marie de Lu
18th-century portrait
Charles' mother, Marie de Luxembourg, probable portrait
Charles' wife Françoise d'Alençon
Charles' son Antoine, who would become the king of Navarre by his marriage to Jeanne d'Albret and would be the father of king Henri IV
Marie of Luxembourg-Saint-Pol was the ruling Countess Regnant of Soissons and Saint-Pol between 25 October 1482 and 1 April 1547. She was additionally made Countess consort of Vendôme through her marr
Charles, Duke of Vendôme
…Sang and courtier during the reigns of Louis XII and François I. Charles (referred to by his title as Vendôme) was the son of François de Bourbon and Marie de Luxembourg. Beginning his military career in the Italian Wars of Louis XII, he saw service at the crushing French victory of Agnadello in 1509 and the capture of…
Marie depicted in an engraving with her second husband Francis.