Person:Francis I of France (1)
Francis I , King of France
b.12 Sep 1494 Cognac, Charente, France
d.31 Mar 1547 Rambouillet, Yvelines, France
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  1. Marguerite , of Navarre - 1549
  2. Francis I , King of France - 1547
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  1. Francis III , Duke of Brittany1518 - 1536
  2. Henry II of France1519 - 1559
  3. Madeleine of Valois1520 - 1537
  4. Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans1522 - 1545
  5. Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry1523 - 1574
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Facts and Events
Name Francis I , King of France
Alt Name Francois
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Sep 1494 Cognac, Charente, France
Death[1] 31 Mar 1547 Rambouillet, Yvelines, France
Other[1] House of Valois


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Francis I (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his cousin Louis XII, who died without a male heir.

A generous patron of the arts, he initiated the French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to his Château de Chambord, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the Mona Lisa with him. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the rise of absolute monarchy in France, the spread of humanism and Protestantism, and the beginning of French exploration of the New World. Jacques Cartier and others claimed lands in the Americas for France and paved the way for the expansion of the first French colonial empire.

For his role in the development and promotion of a standardized French language, he became known as le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres (the "Father and Restorer of Letters"). He was also known as François au Grand Nez ("Francis with the Big Nose"), the Grand Colas, and the Roi-Chevalier (the "Knight-King") for his personal involvement in the wars against his great rival Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Encircled by the territories of Charles V, Francis persevered in the long and ruinous military conflict between France and the Holy Roman Empire known as the Italian Wars. In his struggle against Imperial hegemony he unsuccessfully sought the support of Henry VIII of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. As an alternative, he formed a Franco-Ottoman alliance with Suleiman the Magnificent, a controversial move for a Christian king at the time.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Francis I of France, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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