Françoise de Maridor
Françoise de Maridor was a French courtier and a lady in waiting to Catherine de Medici.
She was born at the Château de la Freslonnière around 1558, the daughter of Olivier de Maridor, lord of Vaux-en-Belin, Saint-Ouen, La Freslonnière, and Château-Sénéchal and Anne daughter of Jacques I er Goyon de Matignon. During her first marriage in 1574, she married Jean de Coësmes, lord of Lucé, one of the richest lords of Sarthe. He died facing the Huguenots, during the siege of Lusignan in December 1574 or January 1575.
Widowed, she was courted by Charles de La Rochefoucauld - Randan and Jean III or II de Beaumanoir - Lavardin, who end up fighting for her. She finally remarried on January 10, 1576, with Charles de Chambes, Count de Montsoreau, Chambellan and Grand-hunter of the Duke of Alençon and of Anjou.
She had four daughters and two sons:
- René de Chambes
- Charles de Chambes
- Marguerite de Chambes
- Françoise de Chambes
- Françoise de Chambes
- Suzanne de Chambes