Claire | July 20, 2022
On this day in history, 20th July 1524, Claude of France, queen consort of Francis I, died at the age of just twenty-four at the Royal Chateau of Blois. She was temporarily laid to rest at Blois and then later moved to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis just outside Paris. Brantôme declared that Claude’s husband, […]
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Claire | October 13, 2017
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Claude, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of France, on 13th October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay. Claude was the eldest daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany, and she became Queen of France after the death of her father in January 1515 when her husband, Francis, […]
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Claire | July 20, 2015
On 20th July 1524, Queen Claude of France, wife of Francis I, died at Blois at the age of just twenty-four. She was temporarily laid to rest in the chapel there, but then moved to the royal abbey of Saint-Denis just outside Paris in 1527. At Easter, Tim and I visited Saint-Denis and I was […]
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Tags: Claude of France, Francis I, Queen Claude, Saint Denis
Claire | July 20, 2014
On this day in history, 20th July 1524, Queen Claude of France, consort of Francis I, died at the age of just twenty-four. She died at Blois and was temporarily laid to rest in the chapel there, but then moved to the royal abbey of St Denis just outside Paris in 1527. Brantôme declared that […]
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Claire | January 27, 2014
Thank you so much to Yann Kergourlay for writing this post on the Basilica of Saint Denis in Paris and for sharing these beautiful photographs. If you’re confused as to what this has to do with the Tudors, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, was crowned at St Denis, Anne Boleyn served Mary Tudor and Queen […]
Category: Monarchy, Tudor Characters, Tudor Times |
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Tags: Anne of Brittany, Catherine de Medici, Catherine of Medici, Claude of France, France, Francis I, French royal family, Henry II of France, Louis XII, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Mary Tudor Queen of France, Queen Claude, Saint Denis
Claire | January 9, 2014
Thank you so much to Yann Kergourlay for writing this guest post on Anne of Brittany. Over to Yann… 500 years ago, on January 9th, 1514, around 6 o’clock, Anne of Brittany died, aged 37 years old at the Castle of Blois, France. During her short and eventful life, she had accumulated honors and titles […]
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Tags: Anne de Bretagne, Anne of Brittany, Brittany, Charles VIII, Claude of France, France, Louis XII, Renée of France
Claire | October 13, 2013
On 13th October 1499, Claude of France, wife of Francis I, was born in Romorantin-Lanthenay. She was the eldest daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. Salic law prevented Claude from acceding to the throne of France on the death of her father in January 1515, but her husband and cousin, Francis, […]
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Tags: Anne Boleyn and France, Anne Boleyn and Queen Claude, Claude of France, Queen Claude
Claire | November 13, 2012
Since a new book by Sylwia Zupanec1 is claiming that there is new evidence to prove that “Anne Boleyn simply could not have had served Margaret of Austria [or] the Queen Claude”, and I’ve been asked my thoughts on it, I wanted to share why I believe that Anne did serve them and what evidence […]
Category: Early Life, Thomas Boleyn, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn's early life, Anne Boleyn's education, Claude of France, education, French court, Habsburg Court, Margaret of Austria, Mary Tudor Queen of France, Queen Claude, upbringing