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Claude of France
Queen of France (1515–1524) and Duchess of Brittany (1514–1524)
Not to be confused with Claude of Valois.
Claude of France (13 October 1499 – 26 July 1524) was Queen of France from 1 January 1515 as the wife of King Francis I and Duchess of Brittany in her own right from 9 January 1514 until her death in 1524.
She was the eldest daughter of King Louis XII of France and Duchess Anne of Brittany.
Life
Claude was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay as the eldest daughter of King Louis XII of France and his second wife, Duchess Anne of Brittany.
Princess claude movieShe 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, Anne had at least fourteen pregnancies, of whom only two children survived to adulthood: Claude and her youngest sister Renée, born in 1510.
Marriage negotiations
Because her mother had no surviving sons, Claude was heir presumptive to the D