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Francis I of France

1494 - 1547

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Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son. A prodigious patron of the arts, Francis promoted the emergent French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to work for him, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the Mona Lisa, which Francis had acquired. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis I of France is the 212th most popular politician (down from 165th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from France (down from 61st in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Politician.

Francis I of France is most famous for being the first monarch of the House of Valois. He was also the first of the French kings to be crowned at Reims.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis I of France ranks 212 out of 19,576. Before him are Kösem Sultan, Isabella I of Castile, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Bill Clinton, Pol Pot, and Sejong the Great. After him are Xi Jinping, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Haakon VII of Norway, Sun Yat-sen, Lech Wałęsa, and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Francis I of France ranks 2. Before him is Suleiman the Magnificent. After him are François Rabelais, Fuzûlî, Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Rosso Fiorentino, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Lucas van Leyden, and Antoinette de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1547, Francis I of France ranks 3. Before him are Henry VIII of England, and Hernán Cortés. After him are Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Vittoria Colonna, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pietro Bembo, Saint Cajetan, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis I of France ranks 73 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Perrault (1628), Hector Berlioz (1803), Auguste Rodin (1840), Georges Bizet (1838), Claude Debussy (1862), and Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763). After him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Charles X of France (1757), Michel Foucault (1926), Jacques Chirac (1932), Pope Urban II (1042), and Edgar Degas (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Francis I of France ranks 19. Before him are Claudius (-10), Henry IV of France (1553), Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), Louis XVII of France (1785), and Cardinal Richelieu (1585). After him are Charles X of France (1757), Jacques Chirac (1932), Henry III of France (1551), Louis IX of France (1214), Louis Philippe I (1773), and Louis XII of France (1462).

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