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Françoise de Foix: the first long-term maîtresse-en-titre of King François I of France

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance Blog, Valois blogPosted October 17, 2020

Françoise de Foix, who was the first long-term maîtresse-en-titre of King François I of France, was born about 1495, but we don’t know her date and year of birth for a certainty.  Since her early youth, she served to Queen Anne of France, King Louis XII’s wife and Duchess of...

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