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Sep 15, 2018 · Francois Joseph Savoie SOLVED. This discussion has been closed by an administrator. In genealogy research, oral family traditions have more than just a grain of truth in them and quite often will point in the direction of historical truth ahead of the more traditional “paper” evidence. A notable example of this was the case of the ...
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Unexplained. There was a french peasant born in 1622 named Francois Savoie, on his deathbed he confessed to his children that he was a prince and that he ran away from home in 1638 because his family was at war and his life was in danger. Centuries later curious researchers looked into this story and found a prince Francois Hyacinth of Savoy ...
When Francois Savoye was born on 30 November 1710, in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Francois Savoye, was 26 and his mother, Marie Richard, was 19. He married Marguerite Thibodeau about 1730, in Chepoudy, Acadia, New France. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 3 December 1780, in Saint ...
Apr 28, 2022 · Thomas Francis of Savoy (Italian Tommaso Francesco di Savoia, Principe di Carignano, French Thomas François de Savoie, Prince de Carignan; December 21, 1596 - January 22, 1656) was an Italian military commander, the founder of the Savoy-Carignano branch of the House of Savoy which reigned as kings of Sardinia from 1831 to 1861, and as kings of ...
- Turin, Piedmont
- Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- December 21, 1596
- January 22, 1656 (59)Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- He Was Born in The Town of Cognac.
- He Became The Heir Presumptive at 4 Years old.
- He Grew Up in Amboise in The Loire Valley.
- He Married Claude of France.
- He Became King of France at 20 Years old.
- He Waged War in Italy.
- He Tried to Become Holy Roman Emperor.
- He Held The “Field of The Cloth of Gold” with King Henry VIII of England.
- He and Claude Had 7 children.
- He Built Château de Fontainebleau.
Francois 1 was born on 12 September 1494 at the Château de Cognac in the town of Cognac, in what was then the Duchy of Aquitaine. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy, and a great-great-grandson of King Charles V of France. He had one sister who was 2 years older than him, Marguerite (who would in time become grandmothe...
François’s father died when he was 2 years old, leaving his 19-year-old mother Louise a widow. She herself had not reached her majority yet. King Charles VIII would soon die prematurely as well, leaving another cousin King Louis XII on the throne. King Louis XII had 2 daughters, and with the lack of male heirs available (women were not allowed to i...
Under the care of his official guardian, a powerful lord named Pierre de Rohan-Gié, François came to the Château of Amboiseat 4-years old with his mother Louise of Savoie and his sister Marguerite. He was very close to his mother and sister, and the happy times here would make him keep lifelong ties with Amboiseand the Loire Valley after he grew up...
Louis XII and his wife Anne de Bretagne (Duchess of Brittany) would not have any surviving male children. So they married their daughter Princess Claude to her cousin François I. The couple married in 1514. Francois was 19 years old, while Claude was 15.
King Louis XII died a few months after the wedding, making 20-year-old François I King of France. As was tradition, he was crowned in 1515 at the Cathedral of Reims. It is the 16th century, and with the wars with England have reached an uneasy truce, and it is the era of the Renaissance.
Through his great-grandmother, Francois I held dynastic rights over the Duchy of Milan. Once King of France, he decided to assert his rights (with the French army in tow) and mounted an expedition to take possession of this duchy. France had been at war with several Italian territories previously, and this is seen as a chance to avenge the previous...
Along with Italian territory, the position of Holy Roman Emperor was up for grabs in 1519, with the death of the previous emperor. Francois decided he should be in running. His big rival was Charles V, the duke of Burgundy (and King of Spain and Austria). Charles was part of the powerful House of Habsburgs and was actually supposed to marry Claude ...
In order to compete with his grand rival Charles V of Spain, François began courting the English King Henry VIII (of 6 wives fame). He held a grand summit with King Henry VIII called “Field of the Cloth of Gold” in 1520 in what is today Pas-de-Calais. It was a very expensive display of wealth by both kings, and was meant to increase their bonds of ...
While François was off trying to expand his Kingdom, his wife Claude was busy having children. She was rather quiet and not really involved in court matters, however she did arrange for her childhood home of Château de Bloisto be renovated as a base for her and the family. However, she and François had 7 children in quick succession, and she died a...
The original fortress/hunting lodge in the forest of Fontainebleau dates back to 1134. “The house of Kings” as it is called, is about 60km south of Paris and surrounded by forests with a lot of deer and other game, making it a big attraction for royalty. Each subsequent royal made large scale changes to the Château de Fontainebleau, but the two roy...
- Charles, Count of AngoulêmeLouise of Savoy
- 1 January 1515-31 March 1547
Jan 27, 2024 · Theoretical Relationship to Francois Savoie The biggest unknown factor is whether Tomas Francesco is the father at all of "Prince" Francois Savoie, and if so, through which alleged mother. The official record for the official marriage to Marie shows no such birth evidence "in wedlock" A 1621 birth of Francois would be "out of wedlock" by 4 ...
The Italy DNA project at FamilyTreeDNA has the results for a male-line descendant of Carlo Alberto di Savoia Carignano (1798-1849) (WikiTree ID: Savoie-Carignano-1). Carlo Alberto di Savoia is a direct male-line descendant of Francois Savoie's hypothetical father, Tommaso di Savoia.
