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King François I of France: a godfather of the French Renaissance

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance Blog, Valois blogPosted September 12, 2020

King François I of France was born on the 12th of September at Cognac, Aquitaine, France.  The only son of Charles d’Orléans, Count d’Angoulême, and his wife, Louise de Savoy, François was a great-great-grandson of King Charles V of France called the Wise (le Sage).  A son of the man with...

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