Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Five Famous French Women. Cassell.
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Francis I, King of France
Standard Name: Francis I,, King of France
Used Form: Francis the First
Used Form: François I
Used Form: Francois I
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Marguerite de Navarre | Her brother, who was the younger by two years, became François I, King of France
, when Louis XII
died on New Years Day 1515. |
| Occupation | Marguerite de Navarre | She helped, with her mother, to negotiate the Ladies' Peace of 1529. François
made her his representative in foreign, domestic, and military affairs; she wielded power for nearly a decade until she clashed with him... |
| Textual Production | Fanny Kemble | FK
published Francis the First: An Historical Drama in verse under her own name; it appeared in the United States as Francis the First
; a Tragedy in Five Acts, as Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden |
| Textual Production | Julia Pardoe | In The Court and Reign of Francis the First
, King of France, JP
added another to her series of domestic biographies of denizens of the French court. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | A. Mary F. Robinson | She focused on French architecture and architects, including Francis I
, Pierre Lescot
, and Jean Bullant
. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 240 |
| Travel | Marguerite de Navarre | When in 1525 her brother King François
was captured in battle by his rival, Emperor Charles V
, MN travelled to Spain to get him released. Weber, Caroline. “The Limits of Chivalry”. London Review of Books, Vol. 36 , No. 2, pp. 36-7. 36 |
Timeline
June 1520: Henry VIII met François I in an international...
National or international item
June 1520
Henry VIII
met François I
in an international peace summit at Guines in France, later known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
1537: François I issued an ordinance requiring...
Writing climate item
1537
François I
issued an ordinance requiring publishers throughout France to deposit a copy of every new book published in the Royal Library at Blois.
Texts
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