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Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son.
- 1 January 1515 – 31 March 1547
- Louise of Savoy
Francis I had seven children with his first queen Claude. The Queen consort died at a young age of 24 after having borne a child almost every year after being married. Most of Francis’s children died young and it is believed that Dauphin Francois was poisoned by Charles V.
- He was born in the town of Cognac. 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 became the heir presumptive at 4 years old. 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.
- He grew up in Amboise in the Loire Valley. Under the care of his official guardian, a powerful lord named Pierre de Rohan-Gié, François came to the Château of Amboise at 4-years old with his mother Louise of Savoie and his sister Marguerite.
- He married Claude of France. 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.
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Francis I ( French: François Ier; Middle French: Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy.
children: Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Duchess of Teschen, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, Leopold II, Maria Carolina of Austria, Maria Christina, Marie Antoinette.
FRANCIS I, King of France, son of Charles of Valois, Count of Angouléme, and Louise of Savoy, was born at Cognac on the 12th of September 1494. The count of Angouléme, who was the great-grandson of King Charles V, died in 1496, and Louise watched over her son with passionate tenderness.
Francis I. (1494–1547, ruled 1515–47). It was the French royal law that no woman could inherit the throne of France. When Louis XII died he had no sons. He had, however, arranged for the marriage of his daughter to his cousin Francis, who became king after Louis XII died.
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