René de Brosse explained

René de Brosse
Count of Penthièvre
Death Date:24 February 1525
Death Place:Pavia, Italy
Noble Family:Brosse
Father:Jean III de Brosse
Mother:Louise de Laval
Spouse:Jeanne de Commines
Issue:Jean IV de Brosse
3 daughters

René de Brosse, also René de Bretagne was the elder son of Jean III de Brosse and Louise de Laval.[1] He was killed at the Battle of Pavia on 24 February 1525.

Family

He was Count of Penthièvre, married Jeanne de Commines (daughter of Philippe de Commines) and was the father of Jean IV de Brosse and three daughters:

In 1516 he married Françoise de Maillé, but she died shortly after their marriage and they had no children together. He then married his third wife, Jeanne de Goufi of the House of Lucinge in Savoye, who some say was his second wife. Their daughter Françoise de Bretagne (also Françoise de Brosse) married Claude Gouffier in 1545; she died in childbirth in 1558.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vaugeois, J. F. Gabriel . Histoire des antiquités de la ville de l'Aigle et de ses environs. Ouvrage posthume de J. F. G. V. Édité et publié par sa famille . 1841 . 318–322 . fr.