François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Château de Coucy, Hauts-de-France, France
About François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort
- François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 15 June 1669) was the son of César de Vendôme and Françoise de Lorraine.
- He was a prominent figure in the Fronde, and later went on to fight in the Mediterranean.
- He is sometimes called François de Vendôme, though he was born into the House of Bourbon, Vendôme coming from his father's title of Duke of Vendôme. In March 1665 he led a small fleet which defeated a small Algerian fleet near the Goletta, Tunisia (Action of March 1665).
- In 1669 he led the newly arrived French troops defending Candia against the Ottoman Turks, and was presumed to be killed in a night sortie, on 25 June 1669.
- His body was brought back to France for a state funeral.
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| Date of birth/death | December 1615 | November 1672 | |
| Location of birth/death | Nancy | Paris | |
| Work location | Rome, Paris (1644-1657), Portugal (1657-1660), Paris (1660-1672) | ||
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