François d'Orléans-Longueville, duc de Fronsac

François III d’Orléans (1570 – 1631), Duke of Château-Thierry and of Fronsac, Count of Saint-Pol was governor of Orléans, Blois and Tours and a general of the French Wars of Religion. He was the second born son of Eleonor of Neuchâtel.

François III was created Count of Saint-Pol in 1601. In January of 1608, he inherited the title of Duke of Fronsac when his only son, Léonor II, 1st Duke of Fronsac died without an heir.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 32153383 ISNI: 0000 0000 0186 0767 BNF: cb134966603 (data)

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