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Hercule François of was born on March 18th, 1554 in ,St Germaine-En-Laye,,France.  Hercule François of's father was Henry II de Valois King of France and his mother was Catherine Of Florence De Medici.  His paternal grandparents were Francis I de Valois, King of FRANCE and Claude, "The Good" Queen Of FRANCE; his maternal grandparents were Lorenzo de Medici de Urbino Duc de Urbino and Madelaine de Auvergne de la Tour. He had four brothers and five sisters, named François II, King Of, Louis Prince Of, Charles IX, King of, Henry III, King of, Elizabeth De Valois Princess of, Claudia de Valois of, Margaret, Jeanne Princess and Victoire Princess.  He was the third youngest of the ten children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Henri, Henri De and Diane De Poitiers.  He died at the age of 30 on June 10th, 1584.  He was buried in Chcateau De Thierry,St Denis,France.

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Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 249-34, 254-34

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