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King Francis I is the king of France (as well as a claimant to the Duchies of Burgundy and Milan) during the duration of The Tudors. Although only appearing in a handful of episodes in Seasons 1 and 2, he is the most frequently seen foreign monarch.
Francis I was a true Renaissance Monarch and wanted to make France a center of the Renaissance. He patronized painters, sculptors, architects, scholars and writers. He was a close friend of Leonardo da Vinci. He was also a shrewd diplomat and strengthened centralized rule in France.
Francis went to war against Charles V, 4 times (1522, 1527, 1536, and 1542) in 1525 at the disastrous defeat at Pavie, the French army was slaughtered, and Francis was taken prisoner by the Emperor. The two territorial acquisitions that Francis retained when the wars ceased following the Peace of Crépy (1544) were Savoy and Piedmont.
Queen consort of Francis I of France. She rejects the Duke of Suffolk's advances because she believes that making love in revenge (on her husband, who flaunts his mistresses much like Henry VIII) kills the soul.
The Tudors is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among American, British, and Canadian producers, and was filmed mostly in Ireland.
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The subject of today's Claire Chats video talk is King Francis I of France, "le Roi-Chevalier" (the Knight King) and "Père des Lettres" (Father of Letters), Henry VIII's contemporary. Who was he and what was he like?
May 4, 2023 · Seeking to rival the courts of his counterparts, especially Francis I of France, Henry raised the English court to a new level of sophistication. Despite his religious conservatism, he severed England’s ties with the Catholic Church in 1533.
