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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]
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]
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.
[10] King Francis I and King Henry VIII both professed a friendly attitude towards the marriage of the lovers, but Charles had many political enemies, and Mary feared that she might again be sacrificed for political considerations. The King's Council, not wishing to see Charles Brandon gain further power at court, were opposed to the match.
Polly Fry apparently found the experience of learning the truth to be a painful one but ultimately felt it did not change her life. "Finding out at the age of 45 that the man I had idolized and ...
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]
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 ...