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Marie d'Anjou, Reine de France

F, #23226, b. 14 October 1404, d. 29 November 1463

Biography

  • Marie d'Anjou, Reine de France, was born on 14 October 1404 in Angers, Pays de la Loire, France.
  • Charles, VII King of France, and she were married on 14 April 1423 in France.
  • She died on 29 November 1463 at age 59 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • She was buried in 1463 in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Marie d'Anjou, Reine de France, is/was my 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Charles, VII King of France, (b. 22 February 1403, d. 22 July 1461)

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Louis, XI King of France

M, #23227, b. 3 July 1423, d. 30 August 1483

Biography

  • Louis, XI King of France, was born on 3 July 1423 in Bourges, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
  • He and Margaret Stuart, Dauphine of France, were married on 24 June 1436 at castle of Tours in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He died on 30 August 1483 at age 60 at Plessis-lès-Tours in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He was buried after 30 August 1483 at Notre-Dame de Cléry Basilica in Clery-Saint-Andre, Loiret, Centre, France.
  • Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (French: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII.
    Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the Praguerie in 1440. The king forgave his rebellious vassals, including Louis, to whom he entrusted the management of the Dauphiné, then a province in southeastern France. Louis's ceaseless intrigues, however, led his father to banish him from court. From the Dauphiné, Louis led his own political establishment and married Charlotte of Savoy, daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy, against the will of his father. Charles VII sent an army to compel his son to his will, but Louis fled to Burgundy, where he was hosted by Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, Charles' greatest enemy.
    When Charles VII died in 1461, Louis left the Burgundian court to take possession of his kingdom. His taste for intrigue and his intense diplomatic activity earned him the nicknames "the Cunning" (Middle French: le rusé) and "the Universal Spider" (Middle French: l'universelle aragne), as his enemies accused him of spinning webs of plots and conspiracies.
    In 1472, the subsequent Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, took up arms against his rival Louis. However, Louis was able to isolate Charles from his English allies by signing the Treaty of Picquigny (1475) with Edward IV of England. The treaty formally ended the Hundred Years' War. With the death of Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy in 1477, the dynasty of the dukes of Burgundy died out. Louis took advantage of the situation to seize numerous Burgundian territories, including Burgundy itself and Picardy.
    Without direct foreign threats, Louis was able to eliminate his rebellious vassals, expand royal power, and strengthen the economic development of his country. He died on 30 August 1483, and was succeeded by his minor son Charles VIII.
  • Louis, XI King of France, was christened on 4 July 1423 in Bourges, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
  • He held the title of King of France from 22 July 1461 to 1483.
  • He is/was my 13rd cousin 14x removed
Louis XI wearing his Order of Saint Michael collar, c. 1469

Family: Charlotte De Savoie (b. from 11 November 1441 to 1445, d. 1 December 1483)

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  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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Princess Charlotte De Valois

F, #23228, b. August 1467, d. 1531

Biography

  • Princess Charlotte De Valois was born in August 1467 in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • She died in 1531 at age ~64 in La Marche, Creuse, Limousin, France.
  • Princess Charlotte De Valois is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Charles, VIII, King of France

M, #23229, b. 30 June 1470, d. 7 April 1498

Biography

  • Charles, VIII, King of France, was born on 30 June 1470 in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He died on 7 April 1498 at age 27 in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He was buried in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • 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.[1] His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon[1][2] until 1491 when the young king turned 21 years of age. During Anne's regency, the great lords rebelled against royal centralisation efforts in a conflict known as the Mad War (1485–1488), which resulted in a victory for the royal government.
    In a remarkable stroke of audacity, Charles married Anne of Brittany in 1491 after she had already been married by proxy to the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in a ceremony of questionable validity. Preoccupied by the problematic succession in the Kingdom of Hungary, Maximilian failed to press his claim. Upon his marriage, Charles became administrator of Brittany and established a personal union that enabled France to avoid total encirclement by Habsburg territories.
    To secure his rights to the Neapolitan throne that René of Anjou had left to his father, Charles made a series of concessions to neighbouring monarchs and conquered the Italian peninsula without much opposition. A coalition formed against the French invasion of 1494–98 attempted to stop Charles' army at Fornovo, but failed and Charles marched his army back to France.
    Charles died in 1498 after accidentally striking his head on the lintel of a door at the Château d'Amboise, his place of birth. Since he had no male heir, he was succeeded by his 2nd cousin once removed, Louis XII from the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois.
  • Charles, VIII, King of France, held the title of King of France from 30 August 1483 to 7 April 1498.
  • He was crowned on 30 May 1484 in Riems, Champagne, France.
  • He is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed
Portrait of King Charles VIII of France (1470–1498)

Family: Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen consort of France, (b. 25 January 1477, d. 9 January 1514)

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Charlotte De Savoie

F, #23230, b. from 11 November 1441 to 1445, d. 1 December 1483

Biography

  • Charlotte De Savoie was born from 11 November 1441 to 1445 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France.
  • She died on 1 December 1483 in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • She was buried after 1 December 1483 in Clery-Saint-Andre, Loiret, Centre, France.
  • Charlotte De Savoie is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Louis, XI King of France, (b. 3 July 1423, d. 30 August 1483)

  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen consort of France

F, #23231, b. 25 January 1477, d. 9 January 1514

Biography

  • Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen consort of France, was born on 25 January 1477 in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France.
  • She died on 9 January 1514 at age 36 in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France+.
  • She was buried on 15 February 1514 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France.
  • Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen consort of France, is/was my spouse of 14th cousin 13x removed

Family: Charles, VIII, King of France, (b. 30 June 1470, d. 7 April 1498)

  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Charles Orlando De Valois, Dauphin Of France

M, #23232, b. 11 October 1492, d. 16 December 1495

Biography

  • Charles Orlando De Valois, Dauphin Of France, was born on 11 October 1492 in Les Tourres, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  • He died on 16 December 1495 at age 3 in Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He was buried in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • Charles Orlando De Valois, Dauphin Of France, is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Franz von Frankreich

M, #23233, b. 1493, d. 1493

Biography

  • Franz von Frankreich was born in 1493.
  • He died in 1493 at age ~0.
  • Franz von Frankreich is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Charles De Valois, Dauphin of France

M, #23234, b. 8 September 1496, d. 2 October 1496

Biography

  • Charles De Valois, Dauphin of France, was born on 8 September 1496 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He died on 2 October 1496 at age 0 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He was buried in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • Charles De Valois, Dauphin of France, is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Francis De Valois, Dauphin Of France

M, #23235, b. 8 September 1496, d. from 2 January 1496 to July 1497

Biography

  • Francis De Valois, Dauphin Of France, was born on 8 September 1496 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He died from 2 January 1496 to July 1497 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He was buried in July 1497 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • Francis De Valois, Dauphin Of France, is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Stillborn Daughter De Valois

F, #23236, b. March 1495, d. March 1495

Biography

  • Stillborn Daughter De Valois was born in March 1495 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • She died in March 1495 at age ~0 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • Stillborn Daughter De Valois is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Anne De Valois, Princess Of France

F, #23237, b. 20 March 1498, d. 20 March 1498

Biography

  • Anne De Valois, Princess Of France, was born on 20 March 1498 at Château De Plessis-Lez-Tours in La Riche, Centre, France.
  • She died on 20 March 1498 at age 0 at Château De Plessis-Lez-Tours in La Riche, Centre, France.
  • She was buried after 20 March 1498 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • Anne De Valois, Princess Of France, is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Louis I d'Orléans, Duc d'Orléans

M, #23238, b. 13 March 1372, d. 23 November 1407

Biography

  • Louis I d'Orléans, Duc d'Orléans, was born on 13 March 1372 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He and Valentine Visconti von Mailand were married in 1389 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He died on 23 November 1407 at age 35 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He was buried in November 1407 at Couvent des Célestins, Place de Bastille, in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • Louis I d'Orléans, Duc d'Orléans, was christened on 31 March 1372 at St-Paul in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
  • He is/was my 11st cousin 16x removed

Family: Valentine Visconti von Mailand (b. 1371, d. 4 December 1408)

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Valentine Visconti von Mailand

F, #23239, b. 1371, d. 4 December 1408

Biography

  • Valentine Visconti von Mailand was born in 1371 in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
  • Louis I d'Orléans, Duc d'Orléans, and she were married in 1389 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • She died on 4 December 1408 at age ~37 at Château de Blois in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France+.
  • She was buried on 4 December 1408 in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France+.
  • Valentine Visconti von Mailand is/was my spouse of 11st cousin 16x removed

Family: Louis I d'Orléans, Duc d'Orléans, (b. 13 March 1372, d. 23 November 1407)

  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Charles V d'Orléans

M, #23240, b. 24 November 1394, d. 4 January 1465

Biography

  • Charles V d'Orléans was born on 24 November 1394 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He died on 4 January 1465 at age 70 in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
  • He was buried on 5 January 1465 at Saint Denis Basilica in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Charles V d'Orléans is/was my 12nd cousin 15x removed

Family: Marie, Of Cleves, Duchess of Orleans, (b. 19 September 1426, d. 23 August 1487)

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Marie, Of Cleves, Duchess of Orleans

F, #23241, b. 19 September 1426, d. 23 August 1487

Biography

  • Marie, Of Cleves, Duchess of Orleans, was born on 19 September 1426 in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • She died on 23 August 1487 at age 60 in Chaunay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  • She was buried in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • Marie, Of Cleves, Duchess of Orleans, is/was my spouse of 12nd cousin 15x removed

Family: Charles V d'Orléans (b. 24 November 1394, d. 4 January 1465)

  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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Claude, Queen Consort of France,, Duchess of Brittany

F, #23242, b. 13 October 1499, d. 20 July 1524

Biography

  • Claude, Queen Consort of France,, Duchess of Brittany, was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay-Sud, Romorantin-Lanthenay, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
  • She died on 20 July 1524 at age 24 at Château de Blois in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France+.
  • She was buried at Saint Denis Basilica in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Claude, Queen Consort of France,, Duchess of Brittany, is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed

Family: François I, King of France, (b. 12 September 1494, d. 31 March 1547)

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  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022
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François I, King of France

M, #23243, b. 12 September 1494, d. 31 March 1547

Biography

  • François I, King of France, was born on 12 September 1494 in Cognac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  • He died on 31 March 1547 at age 52 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He was buried on 31 March 1547 in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • François I, King of France, was also known as Francis, I King of France.
  • Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a son.
    A prodigious patron of the arts, he promoted the emergent French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to work for him, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the Mona Lisa with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the growth of central power in France, the spread of humanism and Protestantism, and the beginning of French exploration of the New World. Jacques Cartier and others claimed lands in the Americas for France and paved the way for the expansion of the first French colonial empire.
    For his role in the development and promotion of the French language, he became known as le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres (the 'Father and Restorer of Letters'). He was also known as François au Grand Nez ('Francis of the Large Nose'), the Grand Colas, and the Roi-Chevalier (the 'Knight-King') for his personal involvement in the wars against his great rival Emperor Charles V, who was also King of Spain.
    Following the policy of his predecessors, Francis continued the Italian Wars. The succession of Charles V to the Burgundian Netherlands, the throne of Spain, and his subsequent election as Holy Roman Emperor, meant that France was geographically encircled by the Habsburg monarchy. In his struggle against Imperial hegemony, Francis sought the support of Henry VIII of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. When this was unsuccessful, he formed a Franco-Ottoman alliance with the Muslim sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, a controversial move for a Christian king at the time.
  • He held the title of King of France from 1 January 1515 to 31 March 1547.
  • He was crowned on 25 January 1515.
  • He is/was my 14th cousin 13x removed
Francois I by Jean Clouet, c. 1530

Family: Claude, Queen Consort of France,, Duchess of Brittany, (b. 13 October 1499, d. 20 July 1524)

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  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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Henri, II King of France

M, #23244, b. 31 March 1519, d. 10 July 1559

Biography

  • Henri, II King of France, was born on 31 March 1519 at Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He and Catherine de Medici were married on 28 October 1533.
  • He died on 10 July 1559 at age 40 at Palais De Tourne in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He was buried on 13 August 1559 in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Henri, II King of France, was also known as Henry, II King of France.
  • Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis III, Duke of Brittany, in 1536.
    As a child, Henry and his elder brother spent over four years in captivity in Spain as hostages in exchange for their father. Henry pursued his father's policies in matters of art, war, and religion. He persevered in the Italian Wars against the House of Habsburg and tried to suppress the Protestant Reformation, even as the Huguenot numbers were increasing drastically in France during his reign.
    The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559), which put an end to the Italian Wars, had mixed results: France renounced its claims to territories in Italy, but gained certain other territories, including the Pale of Calais and the Three Bishoprics. In addition, even if the Habsburgs maintained a position of primacy, France managed to change the European balance of power by forcing Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to abdicate during the Eighth Italian War and divide the Habsburg Empire between Spain and Austria.
    Henry suffered an untimely death in a jousting tournament held to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis. The king's surgeon, Ambroise Paré, was unable to cure the infected wound inflicted by Gabriel de Montgomery, the captain of his Scottish Guard. Though he died early, the succession appeared secure as he left four young sons, as well as a wife in Catherine de' Medici, to lead a capable regency during their minority. Three of those sons would all live long enough to be king themselves, but their ineffectual reigns, and the unpopularity of Catherine's regency, helped to spark the French Wars of Religion between Protestants and Catholics, and an eventual end to the House of Valois as France's ruling dynasty.
  • He held the title of King of France from 31 March 1547 to 10 July 1559.
  • He was crowned on 26 July 1547 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
  • He is/was my 15th cousin 12x removed
Portrait of King Henry II of France (by Studio of François Clouet)

Family: Catherine de Medici (b. 13 April 1519, d. 5 January 1589)

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  • Last Edited: 20 March 2022
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Jean d'Orléans de Dunois

M, #23245, b. 26 June 1404, d. 30 April 1467

Biography

  • Jean d'Orléans de Dunois was born on 26 June 1404 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • He and Marguerite de Rohan were married on 31 August 1449.
  • He died on 30 April 1467 at age 62 in Cognac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  • He was buried in Poitou-Charentes, France.
  • Jean d'Orléans de Dunois is/was my 12nd cousin 15x removed

Family: Marguerite de Rohan (b. 1422, d. 1496)

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  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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Marguerite de Rohan

F, #23246, b. 1422, d. 1496

Biography

  • Marguerite de Rohan was born in 1422 in Guilliers, Morbihan, Bretagne, France.
  • Jean d'Orléans de Dunois and she were married on 31 August 1449.
  • She died in 1496 at age ~74 in Cognac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  • She was buried in 1497 in Angoulême, Poitou-Charentes, France.
  • Marguerite de Rohan is/was my spouse of 12nd cousin 15x removed

Family: Jean d'Orléans de Dunois (b. 26 June 1404, d. 30 April 1467)

  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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Charles valois d'Orleans, Duc d'Angoulême

M, #23247, b. 30 April 1459, d. 1 January 1496

Biography

  • Charles valois d'Orleans, Duc d'Angoulême, was born on 30 April 1459 in Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
  • He died on 1 January 1496 at age 36 at Châteauneuf-sur-Charente in Cognac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  • He was buried on 1 January 1496 in Angoulême, Poitou-Charentes, France.
  • Charles valois d'Orleans, Duc d'Angoulême, was christened in 1459.
  • He is/was my 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Louise de Savoy, Duchess d'Angoulême, (b. 11 September 1476, d. 22 September 1531)

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  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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Louise de Savoy, Duchess d'Angoulême

F, #23248, b. 11 September 1476, d. 22 September 1531

Biography

  • Louise de Savoy, Duchess d'Angoulême, was born on 11 September 1476 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.
  • She died on 22 September 1531 at age 55 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France.
  • She was buried after 22 September 1531 at Saint Denis Basilica in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Louise de Savoy, Duchess d'Angoulême, was christened on 11 September 1476 in Pont-d'Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France.
  • She is/was my spouse of 13rd cousin 14x removed

Family: Charles valois d'Orleans, Duc d'Angoulême, (b. 30 April 1459, d. 1 January 1496)

  • Last Edited: 18 March 2022
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Margaret de Valois

F, #23249, b. 14 May 1553, d. 27 March 1615

Biography

  • Margaret de Valois was born on 14 May 1553 at Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in Laye, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  • Henri, IV King of France and Navarre, and she were married on 18 August 1572 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • Henri, IV King of France and Navarre, and she had their marriage annulled in 1599.
  • She died on 27 March 1615 at age 61 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • She was buried in 1615 at Valois Chapel Basilica Saint-Denis in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Margaret de Valois was christened on 25 June 1553 at Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in Laye, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  • She is/was my 16th cousin 11x removed

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  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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Catherine de Medici

F, #23250, b. 13 April 1519, d. 5 January 1589

Biography

  • Catherine de Medici was born on 13 April 1519 in Florence, Toscana, Italy.
  • Henri, II King of France, and she were married on 28 October 1533.
  • She died on 5 January 1589 at age 69 in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France+.
  • She was buried on 21 January 1589 in St-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
  • Catherine de Medici was christened on 26 April 1519 at San Remigio a Firenze in Florence, Toscana, Italy.
  • She is/was my spouse of 15th cousin 12x removed

Family: Henri, II King of France, (b. 31 March 1519, d. 10 July 1559)

  • Last Edited: 14 March 2022
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