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Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France 1494–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Sep 1494

Birth Location: Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France

Death Date: 31 July 1547

Death Location: Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France

Father: Charles (2ndC17XR)

Mother: Louise Savoie

Spouse(s): Anne ), Mary Boleyn, Claude France

Children(s): Louise Valois, Henry DELARieux, Hendrik Frankrijk, Charlotte Valois, Francois France, Charles France, Magadalena Valois

In 1494, Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France entered the world in Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France, born to Charles De Valois 2Ndc17Xr And Louise De Savoie. Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France married Anne De Pisseleu D Heilly Mistress, Claude France Reine De France, Francoise De Foix Mistress, La Belle Ferronniere Unknown Mistress Of King Francis I Of France, Mary Boleyn, and had children including Charles De France, Charlotte De Valois, Francois De France, Hendrik Ii Van Frankrijk, Henry Delarieux, Louise Valois, Magadalena Van Valois. Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France passed away in 1547 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • In 1494, Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France entered the world in Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France, born to Charles De Valois 2Ndc17Xr And Louise De Savoie.
  • Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France married Anne De Pisseleu D Heilly Mistress, Claude France Reine De France, Francoise De Foix Mistress, La Belle Ferronniere Unknown Mistress Of King Francis I Of France, Mary Boleyn, and had children including Charles De France, Charlotte De Valois, Francois De France, Hendrik Ii Van Frankrijk, Henry Delarieux, Louise Valois, Magadalena Van Valois.
  • Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France passed away in 1547 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles (2ndC17XR)
1459–1496
Birth Location: –
C(
Louise Savoie
1476–1531
Birth Location: Pont-d'Ain, Departement de l'Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France
LS

Spouses(s)

Anne )
1508–1580
Birth Location: –
A)
Mary Boleyn
1504–1543
Birth Location: Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norfolk, England
MB
Claude France
1499–1524
Birth Location: Blois, Loire, Kingdom of France
CF

Children(s)

Louise Valois
1515–1518
Birth Location: Château, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
LV
Henry DELARieux
1502–1570
Birth Location: France
HD
Hendrik Frankrijk
1519–1559
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-En-Laye, Yvelines, Île-De-France, France
HF
Charlotte Valois
1516–1524
Birth Location: Amboise, Centre, France
CV
Francois France
1518–1536
Birth Location: –
FF
Charles France
1522–1545
Birth Location: –
CF
Magadalena Valois
1520–1537
Birth Location: Saint-Germaine-En-Laye
MV

Francois France's Ancestors

Self
Francois France
1494–1547
Birth Place: Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France
Parents
Charles de VALOIS (2ndC17XR)
1459–1496
Louise (de) Savoie
1476–1531
Pont-d'Ain, Departement de l'Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France
Grandparents
Jean (de VALOIS , Count of ANGOULEME d' ORLEANS ( John )) (1stC18XR)
1399–1467
Orléans, France
Marguérite (de) ROHAN
1407–
Cognac, Charente, Frans
Great-Grandparents
Louis VALOIS
1372–1407
Valentina Visconti
1366–1408
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Koning VALOIS
1337–1380
Jeanne BOURBON
1337–1378

Francois France's Descendants

1.
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Francois ('Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of) France (12 Sep 1494–31 July 1547) m. Anne (de Pisseleu d'Heilly ( Mistress) ) (1508–1580) m. Mary Boleyn (Abt. 1504–1543) m. Claude (France, Reine de) France (14 Oct 1499–20 Jul 1524)
  1. 1. Louise Valois 1515–1518
  2. 2. Henry DELARieux 1502–1570
  3. 3. Hendrik (II van) Frankrijk 1519–1559 m. Diane (de Poitiers , Duchess of Valentinois and Étampes, countess of Saint-Vallier, viscountess of Estoile ( DePoitiers ) d'ÉTAMPES ( mistress )) (9thC12XR) 1500–1566 m. Filipa (Duci , Lady of Couy , "French" courtesan , Dama de compañía ( Piedmontese of Italy) (" mistress ")) Filippa 1520–1586 m. Janet (Johanna (Lady Fleming of Scotland) Stewart) (Illigitimate) 1505–1563 m. Catharina (de) Medici 1519–1589
    1. 1. Charles (IX King of France ( Blamed his mother for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre )) (5thC14XR) 1550–1574 m. Elizabeth Habsburg 1554–1592 m. Marie (Touchet (Wife of Husband of) 5thC14XR) 1549–1638
      1. 1. Marie (Elisabeth of France) (7thC10XR) 1572–1578
      2. 2. Charles (de Valois, Duke of Angoulême) (6thC13XR) 1573–1650
    2. 2. Marguerite (' Margaret ' de Valois , Queen consort of France and Navarre) (5thC14XR) 1553–1615 m. Henry (IV ( Henri ) King of FRANCE , the 1st of the kings of the House of Bourbon (Assassinated by François Ravaillac , a Catholic fanatic) (Leads to Louis IX King of FRANCE ) R1b (8thC12XR)) * 1553–1610
    3. 3. Louis (of Valois, Duke of) Orléans 1549–1550
    4. 4. Francois (Duke of Anjou and Alencon Valois (Sided with Huguenots )) (1555-1584) 1555–1584
    5. 5. Henry (III deValois or dAngoulême) deValois 1551–1586
    6. 6. Diana (of France , Duchess of Chatellerault, Angouleme and Étampes ( de Castro ) d'ÉTAMPES) (5thC14XR) 1538–1619
    7. 7. Henri (III de Valois , King of France) (1551-1589) 1551–1589
    8. 8. HRM (Francois II Valois - Dauphin & King of) France 1544–1560 m. HRH (Mary I Stuart - Princess of Scotland; Dauphine & Queen Consort of France; Queen of) Scots 1542–1587
    9. 9. Claude (de) France 1547–1574 m. Charles (Karel III, Duke of) Lorraine 1543–1608
      1. 1. François (II de) LORRAINE 1572–1632
      2. 2. Henri (II de) LORRAINE 1563–1624 m. Catherine (de) BOURBON 1559–1604
        1. 1. Nicole (de) LORRAINE 1608–1657
        2. 2. Claude (de) LORRAINE 1612–1648
      3. 3. Christine (de) Lorraine 1565–1637
    10. 10. Elizabeth (de Valois of France Queen of) Spain 1545–1568 m. Philips (II van Habsburg Koning van) Spanje 1527–1598
      1. 1. Isabelle (Clara Eugenie van Habsburg Landvoogdes der) Nederlanden 1566–1633 m. Albert (VII, Archduke of) Austria 1559–1621
      2. 2. Catharina (Michaella van Oostenrijk) (7thC9XR) 1567–1597
  4. 4. Charlotte (de) Valois 1516–1524
  5. 5. Francois (de) France 1518–1536
  6. 6. Charles (de) France 1522–1545
  7. 7. Magadalena (van) Valois 1520–1537 m. James (King of Scots) V 1512–1542
    1. 1. Robert Stewart 1533–1593

Francois France's Timeline

5 Records

1494
12 Sep 1494
Birth of Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France in Château de Cognac, Cognac, Charente, Limousin, France
Château de Cognac, Cognac, Charente, Limousin, France
1494
12 Sep 1494
Birth of Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France in Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France
Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France
1547
31 Mar 1547
Age 53
Death of Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France in Chateau De Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France
Chateau De Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France
1547
31 Mar 1547
Age 53
Death of Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France in Rambouillet, Yvelines, Île-De-France, France
Rambouillet, Yvelines, Île-De-France, France
1547
31 July 1547
Age 53
Death of Francois 'Francis' I Duke of Brittany Count of Provence de Valois King of France in Chateau De Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France
Chateau De Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1494
    Event Place: Château de Cognac, Cognac, Charente, Limousin, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1494
    Event Place: Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charente, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1547
    Event Place: Chateau De Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1547
    Event Place: Rambouillet, Yvelines, Île-De-France, France

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 July 1547
    Event Place: Chateau De Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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