François of Bourbon-Vendôme, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1665), wire of César of Bourbon-Vendôme and Francoise of Lorraine, is a grandson of Henri IV born the January 16th 1616 and dead the June 25th 1669. There remained unmarried and deceased without posterity.

It only entered very young person the army since it took part in the forwarding of Savoy as of 1628, twelve years old. It was distinguished with the seats from Corbie, Hesdin and Arras.

According to the example of his father, he conspired against the Cardinal of Richelieu and had to exile a time in England.

In 1643, he was the chief of one of the principal actions against Jules Mazarin, the “ Cabale of Important the ”. Anne of Austria made it stop and imprison with the Château of Vincennes, from which he escaped in 1648. It câcha initially with the Castle of Chenonceaux then in the Vendômois.

He played a big role during the Fronde in 1649. The Parisian ones called it the “ King of the Markets ”.

Being subjected, it reconciled with the Crown in 1653, and was in charge of several important forwardings. Named with the load of large Master, chief and general superintendent of navigation, it ordered in 1662 the French fleet and gains many successes against the Turks in the Mediterranean. In 1665, it twice beat on sea the Algerian S. In 1669, it led helps to the Vénitien S against the Turkish S, and directed the French troops defending Candie against the Othoman troops. It was killed during an attack after being itself covered there of glory.

The duke of Beaufort appears in Twenty years after of Alexandre Dumas father like in his continuation, the Viscount of Bragelonne On the faith of an assertion of the dramatic poet Lagrange-Chancel, it was sometimes identified with the Homme with the iron mask.