Françoise de Meleun (Blooming Roses)

Françoise de Meleun (15 March 1537 - 29 August 1588) was a French-born noblewoman. She was the older sister to the mistresses of the King of England and the Duke of Norfolk, making her the aunt of Agnes Howard and the Five Fitzroys. She arrived in England after her father was appointed as the ambassador in England. Like her sisters, she captured the court by storm, however, she decided to remain virtuous and later married.