Michelle de Saubonne
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Michelle de Saubonne, Madame de Soubise was a French courtier who served as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Brittany, as the Governess of the Children of France beginning in 1499, and as the governess for
Jean Bourdichon, Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, miniature, c. 1503–1508)
Corneille de Lyon, Renée, Duchess of Ferrara, c. 1530
Renée of France
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Renée of France, was Duchess of Ferrara from 31 October 1534 until 3 October 1559 by marriage to Ercole II d'Este, a grandson of Pope Alexander VI. She was the younger daughter of Louis XII of France
Michelle de Saubonne
…Duke of Ferrara. She and Anne became best friends and, as she was dying, she asked Michelle de Saubon to be a mother and guardian for her daughter Renée, Duchess of Ferrara, from 1528 to 1536. Like her mother, Renée had a close relationship with Michelle, both of whom had become Protestants. Renée's husband, Ercole II, was…
Renée in c. 1520 drawn by Jean Clouet, Condé Museum
Renée (far right) with her sister and nieces
Renée de France by François Clouet