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Events from the year 1536 in France
Year 1547 (MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1516 (MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1422 (MCDXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Francis I 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.
Henry II was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536.
The County of Armagnac, situated between the Adour and Garonne rivers in the lower foothills of the Pyrenées, was a historic county of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine. In 960, the title of 'Count of Armagnac' was established, and thus the County of Armagnac was created. In 1751, following the death of childless Charles de Lorraine, Comte d'Armagnac, the county was absorbed into the Crown lands of France and the King, then Louis XV took the title of 'Count of Armagnac'. In 1791, following the Decree dividing France into departments, the county was disestablished, but remains an important natural region of France.
Eleanor of Austria, also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal (1518–1521) and of France (1530–1547). She also held the Duchy of Touraine (1547–1558) in dower. She is called "Leonor" in Spanish and Portuguese and "Eléonore" or "Aliénor" in French.
Charles II Francis of Austria was an Archduke of Austria and ruler of Inner Austria from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Events from the year 1524 in France
Events from the year 1528 in France
Events from the year 1521 in France
Events from the year 1516 in France
Events from the year 1533 in France
Events from the year 1545 in France.
Events from the year 1542 in France
Events from the year 1544 in France.
Events from the year 1543 in France.
Events from the year 1494 in France
Events from the year 1527 in France
Events from the year 1538 in France