Marguerite de Foix (fl. 1456–1477)

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Marguerite de Foix (fl. 1456–1477)

Duchess of Brittany. Name variations: Margaret of Foix; Marguerite of Foix; Margaret de Dreux; Margaret of Dreux. Flourished between 1456 and 1477; daughter of Francis I (b. 1414), duke of Brittany, and Isabel Stewart (d. 1494); married François or Francis II, duke of Brittany (r. 1458–1488); children: Anne of Brittany (c. 1477–1514); and possibly one other daughter.

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