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3 days ago · The Franco-Ottoman alliance, also known as the Franco-Turkish alliance, was an alliance established in 1536 between Francis I, King of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire. The strategic and sometimes tactical alliance was one of the longest-lasting and most important foreign alliances of France , and was particularly influential during ...
3 days ago · King of France r. 1380–1422: Isabeau of Bavaria 1370–1435: Marie Princess of France 1370–1377: Isabelle Princess of France 1373–1377: Louis 1376–1446 Count of Vendôme: Richard II 1367–1400 King of England: Isabella of Valois 1389–1409: Joan 1391–1433: John VI 1389–1442 Duke of Brittany: Marie 1393–1438 Prioress of Poissy ...
Apr 8, 2024 · The French King Francis I. King Francis I was known as the "Renaissance King" for his patronage of the arts. He was also known for his long series of wars with the Holy Roman Empire. He was born on Sept. 12, 1494, in Cognac. His parents were members of the nobility: His father, Charles de Valois, was Count of Angoulême and a cousin of the ...
2 days ago · Francis I and The first School of Fontainbleau (1528–1547) Francis I, first major builder of the Chateau. The modest medieval castle remained until the reign of Francis I of France (1494–1547). The King commissioned the architect Gilles Le Breton to build a new palace in the Renaissance style. Le Breton created the Cour Ovale, or oval ...
When publishing his Francis I in 1982, he explicitly ruled out defining his book as a biography – though in many important ways it was of course a study of the man – and opted primarily for setting the king in a wider political and cultural context.
6 days ago · Francis (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina) ushered in a new era of leadership of the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013. As the first pope from the Western Hemisphere , the first from South America , and the first from the Jesuit order, Francis has brought many reforms to the church and a reputation for humility.
Apr 19, 2024 · Last Updated: Apr 19, 2024 • Article History. France. history of France, a survey of important events and people in the history of France from ancient times to the present.
