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  Louise Of Savoy - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
LOUISE OF SAVOY (1476-1531), duchess of Angouleme, mother of Francis I.
of France, was daughter of a cadet of the house of Savoy, Philip, count of Bresse, afterwards duke of Savoy.
From him Louise received the county of Angouleme, which was erected into a duchy, the duchy of Anjou, and the counties of Maine and Beaufort.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Savoy,
Savoy, house of dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
Louise of Savoy, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531, regent of France; daughter of Duke Philip II of Savoy and mother of King Francis I of France and Margaret, queen of Navarre.
Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of, 1869-1931, Italian general; son of King Amadeus of Spain and cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Louise of Savoy
Louise of Savoy (September 11, 1476 – September 22, 1531) was the mother of Francis I of France.
Louise was born at Point d'Ain, the eldest daughter of Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1443–1497) and his first wife, Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483).
Louise of Savoy remained active on behalf of her son in the early years of his reign especially.
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 Luminarium Encyclopedia: Francis I, King of France, (1494-1547)
FRANCIS I, king of France, son of Charles of Valois, count of Angouléme, and Louise of Savoy, was born at Cognac on the 12th of September 1494.
Francois de Rochefort, abbot of St Mesmin, instructed Francis and his sister Marguerite in Latin and history; Louise herself taught them Italian and Spanish; and the library of the château at Amboise was well stocked with romances of the Round Table, which exalted the lad's imagination.
In the early years of his reign the conduct of affairs was chiefly in the hands of Louise of Savoy, Chancellor Antoine Duprat, Secretary Florimond Robertet, and the two Gouffiers, Boisy and Bonnivet.
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 Louise of Savoy
Louise of Savoy, Duchess of Angoulême, mother of Francis I of France, was daughter of a cadet of the house of Savoy, Philip, count of Bresse, afterwards duke of Savoy.
From him Louise received the county of Angoulême, which was erected into a duchy, the duchy of Anjou, and the counties of Maine and Beaufort.
In the critical situation after the battle of Pavia (1525) she proved herself equal to the emergency, maintained order in the kingdom, and manoeuvred very skilfully to detach King Henry VIII of England from the imperial alliance.
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 Louise of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louise of Savoy (September 11, 1476 – September 22, 1531) was the mother of Francis I of France.
Her mother having been one of the sisters of last dukes of main branch of Bourbon, after the death of Susan, Duchess of Bourbon in 1521, she on basis of proximity of blood advanced claims to Duchy of Auvergne and other possessions of the Bourbons.
Louise of Savoy died on September 22, 1531, in Gretz-sur-Loing.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Louise
Extremely unpopular, she was killed by a mob during the French Revolution in the September massacres (1792), and her head was displayed on a pike under the queen's windows.
Louise, 1776-1810, queen of Prussia, consort of Frederick William III ; a princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
A Latin legacy in Louise Labe: imitation of Tibullus 1.2.89-94.
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Louise was always surrounded by a bevy of young ladies, selected beauties of the court, whose natural charms were greatly enhanced by the lavishness of their attire.
Louise de Vaudemont was a striking contrast to the perverted woman of the day; the latter, no longer charmed by the gentler emotions, sought the exaggerated and the eccentric, extraordinary incidents, dramatic situations, unexpected crises, finding all amusements insipid unless they involved fighting and romantic catastrophes.
Louise de Vaudemont was indeed a bright star in a heaven of darkness--one of the best queens of whom French history can boast; she is an example of goodness and gentleness, of purity, charity, and fidelity in a world of corruption, cruelty, hatred, and debauch--where sympathy was rare and chastity was ridiculed.
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 the Savoy — FactMonster.com
duchesse d'Angoulême Louise of Savoy - Louise of Savoy, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476–1531, regent of France; daughter of Duke...
Eugene of Savoy - Eugene of Savoy, 1663–1736, prince of the house of Savoy, general in the service of the Holy...
Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of - Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of, 1869–1931, Italian general; son of King Amadeus...
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 Memoir of Louise of Savoy, Duchess of Angoulême, and of her daughter Margaret, Queen of Navarre.
Memoir of Louise of Savoy, Duchess of Angoulême, and of her daughter Margaret, Queen of Navarre.
TWO children were born of the marriage of Charles of Orleans, Count of Angoulême, a prince of the blood royal of France, and Louise, the daughter of Philip Duke of Savoy, and Margaret of Bourbon.
Louise of Savoy threw the whole blame on Semblançay, who was immediately confronted with her.
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 Introduction
Along with the memory of the Savoy that inclusiveness became embodied in the music and the dancing and it can still be evoked if you just learn enough to be able to relax into the rhythms of swing and enjoy yourself.
She followed through on her promise to Charles Buchanan to sustain the tradition of the "Savoy Preliminaries" for the Lindy Hop section of the Harvest Moon Ball thus making sure that both the competition and performance modes of the Lindy Hop which the original Savoy Dancers had played the major part in creating survived.
Other ex-employees and regulars of the Savoy recall growing weary at times with Helen's persistence on this subject, but she was everyone else's conscience and her spirit lives on through the many people she talked to and now through the new campaign to install a plaque marking the site of the Savoy which she inspired.
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 To What Extent Did The Valois-Habsburg Conflict Weaken The French Monarchy During The Period Of 1519-1529
The final insult was when Charles’ wife, Suzanne, died and Louise of Savoy contested the inheritance of the Bourbon lands, as she was the closest relative.
Meanwhile, Louise of Savoy, acting as regent, was successful in defending the Kingdom against an English invasion by detaching Henry from his alliance with Charles in the Treaty of More.
Louise of Savoy and Margaret of Savoy negotiated the treaty of Cambrai on the 3 August 1529.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Louise
Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-93, French princess, called Mademoiselle and La Grande Mademoiselle; daughter of Gaston d'Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII.
Napoleon II 1811-32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, known as the king of Rome (1811-14), as the prince of Parma (1814-18), and after that as the duke of Reichstadt.
Cambrai, Treaty of called the Ladies' Peace, treaty negotiated and signed in 1529 by Louise of Savoy, representing her son Francis I of France, and Margaret of Austria, representing her nephew Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The treaty renewed the Treaty of Madrid (see Francis I), except that it did not exact the
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 Blessed Louise of Savoy - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
On December 28, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, a daughter was born to the Duke of Savoy and the sister of King Louis XI of France.
Though she proved to be a model of humility and obedience, Louise was felled by a serious illness at age 42.
Louise is one of those saints whose piety was apparent even when she was just a little girl.
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 London Hotel - Luxury Hotel in London, England - Savoy Hotel London
The Savoy landmark London hotel opened in 1889 and is still considered to be the place to stay in London.
A stay at The Savoy would not be complete without a visit to nearby Simpson's-in-the-Strand where traditional British food at its finest is served.
The Savoy is proud to introduce the 'Savoy Art Collection', offering our guests museum quality limited edition prints from artists who have been inspired by The Savoy's magical views.
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 LOUISE OF SAVOY (1476-... - Online Information article about LOUISE OF SAVOY (1476-...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Journal of Louise of Savoy, the authenticity of which seems certain.
Francois I' et de Louise de Savoie ed.
Hauser, " Etude critique sur le Journal de Louise de Savoie," in the Revue historique, vol.
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 Mama Lus Harvest Moon Legacy
Forty further years of Harvest Moon Ball Lindy championship contests after the Savoy closed played a major role in sustaining the Ballroom's legacy despite the rapid changes that swept through the popular music and dance scene in the decades that followed.
She kept her promise to Charles Buchanan, manager of the Savoy Ballroom, to organize the Lindy Hop preliminary competition, and staged it each year at the Savoy Manor hall in the Bronx.
The remorseless Louise "Mama Lu" Parks refused to let the Lindy Hop be forgotten however and turned the Lindy Hop preliminary she ran every year at the Savoy Manor in the Bronx, after the Savoy Ballroom closed, into the main HMB Lindy Hop competition.
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 Philibert II, Duke of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Philip (Filippo) the Landless 1436-1497, who until 1496 was a younger son of the ducal family of Savoy, and his first wife Marguerite of Bourbon.
She was daughter of Duke Charles I of Savoy, the Warrior, and Blanche of Montferrat, as well as granddaughter of Philibert's late uncle, Duke Amedeo IX of Savoy.
She was the heir-general of her brother, father, grandfather, and also grandmother Yolande of France, the eldest surviving daughter of king Charles VII of France.
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LOUISE HOLLANDINA of Palatinat (daughter of FREDERIC V and Elisabeth STUART)(1622-1709)
LOUISE OF ORLEANS (Louise, Marie Thérèse Caroline Isabelle, wife of LEOPOLD I)(1812-1850)
LOUISE OF SAVOY (wife of CHARLES OF ANGOULEME, mother of FRANCIS I)(1467-1531)
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 French Chateaus - Amboise, Dawn of the French Renaissance - free Suite101.com course
A well-educated, beautiful and ambitious woman, Louise was determined that her son Francis, whom she called “my Caesar,” would become the next king.
The child was a girl, Claude, unable to inherit the crown but heiress to the coveted duchy of Brittany, and Louise immediately made plans for the girl to marry her son, Francis.
Meanwhile, King Louis’ wars in Italy resulted in the Treaty of Blois in 1504 in which Claude, with Brittany in her dowry, was promised to the Emperor Maximilian I's grandson, Charles V. In exchange for the betrothal and some land, Maximilian agreed to recognize Louis as the duke of Milan.
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 SIXTEENTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Marie Louise SAVOY Queen of Spain was born about 1685 in Savoy.
She died in 1714 in Spain - Queen of Philip V. She was married to Philip V of BOURBON-SPAIN King (son of Louis the Dauphin of BOURBON-FRANCE Prince and Maria Christine of BAVARIA) about 1700 in Spain.
Louis I of SPAIN was born in 1701 in Spain - son of Philip V House of Bourbon.
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 Bol Biography Francis I
Francis' mother was Louise of Savoy, who descended from a younger branch of the ruling house of Savoy and from the French noble house of Bourbon.
Francis was less than 2 years old when his father died and only 4 years old when he became heir apparent to the throne.
Dorothy M. Mayer, The Great Regent: Louise of Savoy, 1476-1531 (1966), is a study of the King's mother and covers the early part of his life and reign.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg56 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Louise OF BADEN was born in 1811 in Germany.
He married Louise De SAVOY on 16 Feb 1488 in Paris,, France.
Louise De SAVOY [Parents] was born on 11 Sep 1477 in Of Savoie,, France.
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 BROTHER
When Marguerite was two years old, her mother, Louise of Savoy (Countess of Angoulême), gave birth to a boy.
His mother, Louise, wrote in her diary: "For this event, I am deeply indebted to Divine mercy, since by it I have been compensated for all the adversities and reverses that happened to me in my early years and in the flower of my youth.
The campaign against the Swiss resulted in victory at the Battle of Marignano, considered by historians to be the last stand of the old chivalry prior to the era of the canon.
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on the throne of France, February, 1515, under the name of François I. Married when she was little more than eleven years old, Louise of Savoy was left a widow before she had completed her eighteenth year.
He was absent but a few months; nevertheless, this first regency enabled Louise of Savoy to fill the most important offices with men entirely devoted to her interests, and even to her caprices and to gratify by any and every means the insatiable thirst for money with which she was cursed.
Louise of Savoy was deeply implicated in a still fouler transaction, which was attended with the most terrible consequences: this was the iniquitous lawsuit brought against the Constable of Bourbon, which was followed by his desertion and treason.
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 Charles de Bouvens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When the Revolution broke out, he refused to take the required oaths, and followed his archbishop to Germany.
The best known of these orations are: the one on Marie-Josephine-Louise of Savoy, wife of Louis XVIII; that on the Duc d'Enghien (1804), and the one on the Abbé Henry Allen Edgeworth de Firmont, confessor of Louis XVI.
These eulogies were printed at Paris for the first time in 1814, being issued separately.
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 (Adelaide of SAVOY - Marie Louise of SAVOY )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
(Adelaide of SAVOY - Marie Louise of SAVOY)
Humbert II of Maurienne, Count Of SAVOY (____ - 18 SEP 1103)
Louis I of SAVOY (1250 - 1302 (?))
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 Columbia Encyclopedia- Margaret of Austria - AOL Research & Learn
1497), son of Ferdinand and Isabella, and in 1501 to Philibert of Savoy (d.
After his majority (1515), Charles rebelled against her influence, but soon recognized her as one of his wisest advisers.
She negotiated the Ladies' Peace with Louise of Savoy (1529; see Cambrai, Treaty of).
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