Son of Charles of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy, Francis 1st succeeded his cousin Louis XII in 1515, whose daughter Claude he married. Widowed later in life, he remarried with Éléonore de Habsbourg, the sister of Charles Quint.

Francis 1st is undoubtedly one of the builders of the modern state in France. He reorganized state finances and reformed the judicial system with the Villers-Cotterêts ordinance (1539). King Francis 1st also promoted the art of the Renaissance, which flourished in the construction and decoration of royal residences (Blois, Chambord, Fontainebleau), where he commissioned Italian artists (Leonardo da Vinci, Rosso , the Primatice). He also encouraged translations by philosophers and founded the future Collège de France. When he died in 1547, his son Henri II succeeded him.

Directors : Dominique Mougenot, Thierry Bruant et Catherine Mignot

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