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France in 1547

Historical records for France in 1547, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
3Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

March

3 March 1547Death of Francis IFrancis I

House / House of Line of Anjou

Death of Francis I

3 March 1547Death of Henry IIHenry II

House / House of Line of Anjou

Death of Francis I

April

1 April 1547SuccessionHenry II

Paris · House / House of Line of Anjou

Succeeds as King of France, 2nd son of Francis I

Other Events

1547SuccessionCatherine de Medici

House / House of Line of Anjou

Succeeds as Queen of France, wife of Henry II

Names involved

Catherine de MediciFrancis IHenry II

Places involved

Paris

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.