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Claude Of France

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French:
Claude De France
Born:
Oct. 14, 1499, Romorantin, France
Died:
July 20, 1524, Blois (aged 24)
Also Known As:
Claude de France
Notable Family Members:
spouse Francis I
father Louis XII
mother Anne of Brittany
son Henry II
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Claude Of France (born Oct. 14, 1499, Romorantin, France—died July 20, 1524, Blois) was the queen consort of King Francis I of France (reigned 1515–47), the daughter of the French king Louis XII and Anne of Brittany.

In 1504 Claude’s mother, eager to keep Brittany out of French hands, caused the Treaty of Blois to be concluded, which assured the hand of Claude to Charles of Austria (the future emperor Charles V) and promised him Brittany, Burgundy, and the county of Blois. This unpopular treaty was broken, however, and Claude was instead betrothed (1506) to Francis of Angoulême (the future Francis I of France). On her mother’s death in January 1514, she inherited Brittany and, four months later (May 18, 1514), married Francis; on his accession to the throne the following year, Brittany was definitively joined to the crown of France.

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