Marguerite of Orleans (d. 1466)

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Marguerite of Orleans (d. 1466)

Countess of Étampes . Name variations: Margaret of Orleans or Margaret of Orléans; Marguerite de Orléans; countess of Etampes or Estampes or d'Etampes. Died in 1466; daughter of Valentina Visconti (1366–1408) and Louis (1372–1407), duke of Orléans; married Richard of Brittany also known as Richard Montfort, count of Etampes or d'Etampes (d.1438); sister-in-law of Joanna of Navarre (c. 1370–1437); children: Francis II, duke of Brittany (r. 1458–1488); Catherine of Brittany (1428–c. 1476).

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Marguerite of Orleans (d. 1466)

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