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Claude of France (13 October 1499 – 20 July 1524) was the ruling Duchess of Brittany from 1514 until her death in 1524 and Queen of France by marriage to King Francis I, which was also in 1514, shortly before he became king on the death of her father.
Jul 20, 1998 · Claude Of France was the queen consort of King Francis I of France (reigned 1515–47), the daughter of the French king Louis XII and Anne of Brittany. In 1504 Claude’s mother, eager to keep Brittany out of French hands, caused the Treaty of Blois to be concluded, which assured the hand of Claude to.
Jun 16, 2017 · Claude of France was born on 12 November 1547 as the royal couple’s third child and second daughter at Chateau Fontainebleau. She was named after her grandmother, Queen Claude. Her elder sister Elisabeth (portrayed in the show with the strange name Leeza) became Queen of Spain as the wife of Philip II of Spain.
Mar 12, 2021 · Although Queen Claude of France was beloved and successful when she lived, history has not treated her kindly. She is better remembered as the mother of seven, wife of King Francis I of France or daughter of King Louis XII France and Queen Anne, Duchess of Brittany, than as herself. Yet there is more to her than this.
Born on November 12, 1547; died in 1575; daughter of Catherine de Medici (1519–1589) and Henry II (b. 1519), king of France (r. 1547–1559); sister of Francis II, king of France, Elizabeth of Valois, queen of Spain, Charles IX, king of France, Henry III, king of France, Margaret of Valois, and half-sister of Diane de France (1538–1619 ...
Dec 14, 2018 · Born in October 1499 Claude was the eldest daughter of Anne of Brittany and her second husband King Louis XII of France. Anne had been married to the previous King of France, Charles VIII, and his death without a surviving male heir saw his cousin Louis claim the throne and marry his wife.
Jul 20, 2020 · On this day in history, 20th July 1524, Queen Claude of France, consort of Francis I, died at the age of just twenty-four at the Royal Chateau of Blois. She was temporarily laid to rest there and then later moved to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis just outside Paris.
