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Francis was the only son of Charles of Orléans, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy, and a great-great-grandson of King Charles V of France. [4] His family was not expected to inherit the throne, as his third cousin King Charles VIII was still young at the time of his birth, as was his father's cousin the Duke of Orléans , later King ...
The king and his spouse Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (painted around 1558). (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) With the marriage of Francis II and Mary Stuart, the future of Scotland was linked to that of France. A secret clause signed by the queen provided that Scotland would become part of France if the royal couple did not have children. [60]
The Anglo-Norman surname Fitzroy means son of a king and was used by various illegitimate royal offspring, and by others who claimed to be such. In medieval England, a bastard's coat of arms was marked with a bend or baton sinister. [1] Notable fictional examples include Mordred, the villainous illegitimate son of King Arthur.
Henri was born the bastard son of Henri II of France and his mistress Janet Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of James IV of Scotland. [1] Being the most highly favored natural son of the King, he was legitimized and made Duke of Angoulême.
Charles Edward Stuart, elder son of James Francis. He had no legitimate issue by his wife. He had an illegitimate daughter who has descendants, but they have no succession rights. Also known as "Charles III" by Jacobites or as "Bonnie Prince Charlie" more widely. Henry Benedict Stuart, younger son of James Francis. He was a Cardinal of the ...
Francis I and Charles V made peace at the Truce of Nice in 1538. Francis actually refused to meet Charles V in person, and the treaty was signed in separate rooms. With Charles V unsuccessful in battle and squeezed between the French invasion and the Ottomans, he and Francis I ultimately made peace with the Truce of Nice on 18 June 1538. [37]
He has a son, Jasper William Oliver Cable-Alexander, who was born in 1998 and is the product of Snowdon's affair with Melanie Cable-Alexander, a magazine editor.
Juliane de Fontevrault was an illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England; her father, at her birth, was not yet king.Her mother is unknown, though some scholars have suggested the king's mistress Ansfrida (Ansfride) [1] who was the mother of Richard of Lincoln and possibly Fulk FitzRoy, two other illegitimate children of Henry. [2]