This article is about the regent of Francis I, King of France. For the Franciscan nun, see Louise of Savoy (nun). For the daughter of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, see Princess Louise of Savoy.
Louise of Savoy
Portrait by Jean Clouet
Regent of France
Regency
1515–1516 1523–1526 1529
Monarch
Francis I
Born
(1476-09-11)11 September 1476 Pont-d'Ain
Died
22 September 1531(1531-09-22) (aged 55) Grez-sur-Loing
Burial
19 October 1531
Basilica of St Denis, France
Spouse
Charles, Count of Angoulême
(m. 1488; died 1496)
Issue
Marguerite, Queen of Navarre Francis I of France
House
Savoy
Father
Philip II, Duke of Savoy
Mother
Margaret of Bourbon
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grandmother LouiseofSavoy was very sick, and her father had gone to war. He was later imprisoned, so was nowhere near his daughter at the time of her death...
as heir by proximity of blood. Louise offered to marry the duke of Bourbon to settle the matter amicably. But LouiseofSavoy was already 45 years old...
place in a time span of eight years: after the wedding between her cousin Princess Marie LouiseofSavoy and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, and the...
eldest child ofLouiseofSavoy and Charles, Count of Angoulême. Her father was a descendant of Charles V, and would thus have been on the line of succession...
maternal grandfather in the household ofLouiseofSavoy She stayed there for about three years then lived at the court of Navarre. She never met, but did correspond...
important role in its preparation: the mother of Francis I LouiseofSavoy and the aunt of the emperor Margaret of Austria. They represented both monarchs in...
responsible for housing and educating many of the aristocracy's children, including Diane de Poitiers and LouiseofSavoy. She is credited with instructing these...
conducted primarily between Francis's mother LouiseofSavoy for the French and her sister-in-law Margaret of Austria for her nephew the Emperor (leading...
Siege of Amiens in September 1597, the Peace of Vervins was signed in 1598. This freed his armies to settle the dispute with the Duchy ofSavoy, ending...
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