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Charles V, enthroned over his defeated enemies (from left): Suleiman the Magnificent, Pope Clement VII, Francis I of France, the Duke of Cleves, the Elector of Saxony, and the Landgrave of Hesse. Giulio Clovio, mid-16th century. By the late 1520s, King Henry VIII wanted to have his marriage to Charles's aunt Catherine of Aragon annulled.
However, the death of her uncle Clement on 25 September 1534 undermined Catherine's standing in the French court. The next pope, Alessandro Farnese, was elected on 13 October and took the title Paul III. As a Farnese he felt no obligation to keep Clement's promises, broke the alliance with Francis and refused to continue paying her huge dowry. [22]
Pope Paul III Farnese had four illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma. This is a list of sexually active popes, Catholic priests who were not celibate before they became pope, and those who were legally married before becoming pope. Some candidates were allegedly sexually active before their election as pope, and others were thought to ...
3 children: c. 1720 Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine: 5 April 1664, Daughter of Anne de Lorraine and François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne: Louis de Melun 2 children: 7 March 1748: Anne Julie de Melun: c. 1698, Daughter of Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine and Louis de Melun: Jules, Prince of Soubise 3 children: 18 May 1724: Charles, Prince of ...
Pope Clement VII (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was a cardinal from 1513 to 1523 and was pope from 1523 to 1534. [4] He was a first cousin of Leo X. Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 – December 9, 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was pope from 1559 to 1565. However, he was only distantly related to the ...
Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, starts recounting her early days to the new servant girl Rahima. An orphan from a wealthy Italian family in Florence and raised in a convent since infancy, Catherine is sent by her uncle, Pope Clement VII, as a potential bride for Henri, the second son of King Francis I of France. Though considered plain ...
The relationship between Claude and Charles III was described as a happy one. Claude was a favorite of her mother, who occasionally visited her in Lorraine, visits described as rare occasions of private family gatherings in the life of Catherine de' Medici, who enjoyed seeing her grandchildren by Claude and also liked her son-in-law Charles very much.
In addition to the strict rules of the Poor Clares, the Colettines follow their special Constitutions, approved in 1434 by the Minister General of the friars, William of Casale, and approved in 1448 by Pope Nicholas V, again in 1458 by Pope Pius II, and in 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. Colette died at Ghent in March 1447. [1]