46-57After Anjou's death, she made a present of them in 1589 on the occasion of the wedding of her grand-daughter, Christina of Lorraine, to He is also available in the Scenario Editor. FRANÇOIS, DUKE OF ALENÇON AND ANJOU (1554-1584), was the youngest of the four sons of King Henri II of France and Catherine de' Medici. To fool the citizens of Antwerp, Anjou proposed that he should make a "Joyous Entry" into the city, a grand ceremony in which he would be accompanied by his French troops.The debacle at Antwerp marked the end of Anjou's military career. Monsieur Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (French: Hercule François; 18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
John I of Alençon, called the Sage (1385 – 25 October 1415), was a French nobleman, killed at the Battle of Agincourt. Two lines of Counts of Alençon became extinct before the title of Alençon was attached to the House of Valois that ruled France. He was scarred by smallpox at age eight, and his pitted face and slightly deformed spine did not suit his birth name of The royal children were raised under the supervision of the governor and governess of the royal children, During the night of 13 September 1575, Alençon fled from the French court after being alienated from his brother King Henry III; they had had some differences.In 1579 negotiations commenced for marrying Anjou to Between 1578 and 1581 the Queen resurrected attempts to negotiate a marriage with the Duke of Alençon, who had put himself forward as a protector of the Huguenots and a potential leader of the Dutch. In these years Walsingham became friends with the diplomat of Eventually, Elizabeth pragmatically did not judge the union a wise one, considering the overwhelming opposition of her advisors. She continued, however, to play the engagement game, if only to warn He is now thought to have been the patron behind the "However, Anjou himself, dissatisfied with his limited power, decided to take control of the Flemish cities of He would personally lead the attack on Antwerp. His mother, Soon Anjou fell seriously ill with "tertian ague", Duke of Alençon, Château-Thierry, Anjou, Berry, and TouraineFrom Sir Philip Sidney's letter to Elizabeth I on the subject of Anjou (1579), in Katherine Duncan-Jones and Jan van Dorsten, eds, Miscellaneous prose of Sir Philip Sidney (1973) pp. In childhood, he contracted smallpox, which left him disfigured (though little of it is shown in portraits). Alençon was granted as an appanage to Pierre, son of Louis IX of France (1268) and then to Charles, count of Valois, brother of Philip IV (1293). Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, duc d'Alençon (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910) was the son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael d'Orléans, Duke of Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe …