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Margaret of Lorraine
1521Nov, 2

Margaret of Lorraine

Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon and nun (b. 1463)
Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon (1463 at the castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine – 2 November 1521 in Argentan, Normandy) was a French noblewoman and a nun of the order of Poor Clares (Ordre des Clarisses). She was beatified in 1921.

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