Life. Claude was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay as the eldest daughter of King Louis XII of France and Duchess Anne of Brittany.She was named after Claudius of Besançon, a saint her mother had invoked during a pilgrimage so she could give birth to a living child: during her two marriages, Queen Anne had at least fourteen pregnancies, of whom, only …

Claude of France (12 November 1547 – 21 February 1575) was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Anne of Brittany (Breton: Anna; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She is the only woman to have been queen consort of France twice. During the Italian Wars, Anne also became Queen of Naples, from 1501 to 1504, and Duchess of Milan, in 1499–1500 …

Arthur I (Breton: Arzhur 1añ; French: Arthur 1er de Bretagne) (29 March 1187 – presumably 1203) was 4th Earl of Richmond and Duke of Brittany between 1196 and 1203. He was the posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Constance, Duchess of Brittany.His father, Geoffrey, was the son of Henry II, King of England.. In 1190 Arthur was designated heir to the throne of …

Geoffrey II (Breton: Jafrez; Latin: Galfridus, Anglo-Norman: Geoffroy; 23 September 1158 – 19 August 1186) was Duke of Brittany and 3rd Earl of Richmond between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance.Geoffrey was the fourth of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine.

The House of Rohan (Breton: Roc'han) is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany.Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc.Through the Porhoët, the Rohan are related to the Dukes of Brittany, with whom the family intermingled …

Before elevation to duchy. Until 1259, Milan was a free commune that elected its own podestà.The Torriani family gained sustained power in 1240, when Pagano Della Torre was elected podestà. After Pagano's death, Baldo Ghiringhelli was elected podestà in 1259, but at the end of his tenure Martino della Torre, Pagano's nephew, perpetrated a coup d'état, seizing of …

Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna.This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries).In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic …

Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (Polish: [ˈmarja lɛʂˈtʂɨj̃ska]; French: [maʁi lɛɡzɛ̃ska]; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanisław Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland, and Catherine Opalińska, her 42-years ...

The history of Brittany may refer to the entire history of the Armorican peninsula or only to the creation and development of a ... duchess Joanna de France besieged the rebels and set free her husband, who confiscated the Penthièvre's goods. ... but Claude's husband Francis I of France incorporated the duchy into the Kingdom of France ...