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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 cousin and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a son.
A prodigious patron of the arts, he initiated the 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 rise of absolute monarchy 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.
François Ier (né sous le nom de François dAngoulême le 12 septembre 1494 à Cognac et mort le 31 mars 1547 à Rambouillet) est sacré roi de France le 25 janvier 1515 dans la cathédrale de Reims. Il règne jusquà sa mort en 1547. Fils de Charles d'Orléans et de Louise de Savoie, il appartient à la branche de Valois-Angoulême de la dynastie capétienne.
A prodigious patron of the arts, he initiated the 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 rise of absolute monarchy 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.
François Ier (né sous le nom de François dAngoulême le 12 septembre 1494 à Cognac et mort le 31 mars 1547 à Rambouillet) est sacré roi de France le 25 janvier 1515 dans la cathédrale de Reims. Il règne jusquà sa mort en 1547. Fils de Charles d'Orléans et de Louise de Savoie, il appartient à la branche de Valois-Angoulême de la dynastie capétienne.
- Group
- Flat Figure(s)
- Condition
- Extra Fine painted
- Scale
- Size 75 mm
- Material
- Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
- Time
- 1530
- State
- New
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