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Francis I — King of France from 1515 to 1547, a prince of the Renaissance
The grandson of a younger son of a cadet branch, whom nothing destined for the throne and whom an improbable succession carried there. He won his first battle in the year of his accession, lost a second that made him a prisoner, and left a kingdom where French had become the language of legal acts and Italy a school. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded office of Francis I: throne of France (from 1 January 1515 (Julian calendar) to 31 March 1547 (Julian calendar), his death). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Francis I was born on 12 September 1494 (Julian calendar). (source: Larousse)
Francis I was born in Cognac. (source: Larousse)
Francis I died on 31 March 1547 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Francis I died in Rambouillet. (source: Larousse)
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