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3 days ago · Francis II of France, by François Clouet, 1560. Francis found the crown so heavy at his coronation that four nobles had to hold it in place as he walked up the steps to his throne. Francis II became king at the age of fifteen.
6 days ago · France - Kings, Revolution, Napoleon: Charlemagne, Louis XIV, the House of Bourbon, and other major rulers and dynasties of France.
4 days ago · King Francis I (1825–1830) died after having visited Paris, where he witnessed the 1830 revolution. In 1829 he had created the Royal Order of Merit (Royal Order of Francis I of the Two Sicilies). His successor Ferdinand II declared a
5 days ago · Claude of France (13 October 1499 – 26 July 1524) reigned as Duchess of Brittany from 1514 until her death in 1524 and was Queen of France from 1515 to 1524 as the wife of King Francis I. She was the eldest daughter of King Louis XII of France and Duchess Anne of Brittany .
5 days ago · The emergence of a greater France as a social and cultural entity preceded the political expansion of Capetian France; already in the 12th century Crusaders, when speaking of “Franks” from Romance-speaking lands, meant something like “ Frenchmen,” while the persistence of old boundaries between populations of Romance and Germanic speech ...
5 days ago · France - Renaissance, Monarchy, Revolution: When Charles VIII (reigned 1483–98) led the French invasion of Italy in 1494, he initiated a series of wars that were to last until the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559.
6 days ago · Francis gave the red hat to 67 of these men. Benedict chose 38 of them and John Paul II the remaining 12, including the one (Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico) who ages out next month.
5 days ago · Francis II King of France from 1559 till 1560 was married to a woman who became much more famous in history than he himself. Who was she? Hint
5 days ago · Charles VIII, called the Affable (French: l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon until 1491, when the young king turned 21 years of age. During Anne's regency, the great lords rebelled against royal ...
4 days ago · Heart speaks to heart, Francis tells us. May our gentleness be our strength as we too try to speak to the hearts of today and to remind the world of one absolute truth: God is love. St. Francis de Sales, bishop and Doctor of the Church, pray for us.
