Francis I (French: François I er; Middle French: Francoys; 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 son.. A prodigious patron of the arts, he promoted the emergent …

Francis II (French: François II; 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King consort of Scotland as a result of his marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots, from 1558 until his death in 1560.. He ascended the throne of France at age 15 after the accidental death of his father, Henry II, in 1559.His short reign was dominated by the first …

Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574 from tuberculosis.He ascended the throne of France upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560.. After decades of tension, war broke out between Protestants and Catholics after the massacre of Vassy in 1562. In 1572, after several unsuccessful peace …

Early life. Philip was born 23 May 1052 at Champagne-et-Fontaine, the son of Henry I and his wife Anne of Kiev. Unusual for the time in Western Europe, his name was of Greek origin, being bestowed upon him by his mother. Although he was crowned king at the age of seven, until age fourteen (1066) his mother acted as regent, the first queen of France ever to do so.

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.Set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war, especially its depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings.The film follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller and his squad …

In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross in the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land in the name of King Francis I. It was the first province of New France. The first settlement of 400 people, Fort Charlesbourg-Royal (present-day Quebec City), was attempted in 1541 but lasted only two years.. French fishing fleets continued to sail to the Atlantic coast and into the St. Lawrence River, …

The maison militaire du roi de France, in English the military household of the king of France, was the military part of the French royal household or Maison du Roi under the Ancien Régime.The term only appeared in 1671, though such a gathering of units pre-dates this. Like the rest of the royal household, the military household was under the authority of the Secretary of State for …

The War of the League of Cambrai, sometimes known as the War of the Holy League and several other names, was fought from February 1508 to December 1516 as part of the Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The main participants of the war, who fought for its entire duration, were France, the Papal States, and the Republic of Venice; they were joined at various times by nearly every …

Francis Cugat was born in Barcelona in 1893, an older brother of Xavier Cugat. The Cugat family emigrated to Cuba in 1903. Cugat studied at the academy at Rheims, and then in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He became known as a portrait painter in France, South America and Cuba before coming to the United States.

Franciscus Xaverius sj (Javier, 7 april 1506 - Shangchuan, 3 december 1552), voluit Francisco de Yasu de Azpilicueta y Xavier, was een Spaanse jezuïeten-missionaris uit Navarra (ooit het centrum van Oost-Baskisch Spanje), die een belangrijke rol speelde in de opbouw van de missie in Zuid- en Oost-Azië.. Xaverius werd geboren in het kasteel van Javier.Hij verliet Navarra en studeerde in ...