Eleonor of Neuchâtel
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Léonor d'Orléans duc de Longueville, prince de Châtellaillon, marquis de Rothelin, comte de Montgommery et de Tancarville
Tancarville
Tancarville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Upper Normandy region of northern France.-Geography:Tancarville is a farming village surrounded by woodland, by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some east of Le Havre and near the junction of the D39, D982 and D910...

, vicomte d'Abberville, de Melun
Melun
Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, Melun is the capital of the department, as the seat of an arrondissement...

, comte de Neufchâtel et de Valangin
Valangin
Valangin is a municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.-Geography:Valangin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.7% is forested...

, was governor of Picardy and Normandy and one of the military leaders of the French Wars of Religion
French Wars of Religion
The French Wars of Religion is the name given to a period of civil infighting and military operations, primarily fought between French Catholics and Protestants . The conflict involved the factional disputes between the aristocratic houses of France, such as the House of Bourbon and House of Guise...

. His second born son was François d’Orléans-Longueville, duc de Fronsac.

Source

  • L'Art de vérifier les dates (1819)
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