1524 in France

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Events from the year 1524 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch – Francis I^[1]

Events

• Formation of the Franco-Polish alliance
• Italian campaign of 1524–25

Births

Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron

• February 17 – Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (d.1574)
• October 16 – Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur (d.1577).
• September 11 – Pierre de Ronsard, poet (d.1585)

Full date missing

• Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, soldier (d.1592).^[2]
• Gilles de Noailles, diplomat (d.1600)

Deaths

• April 30 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, soldier (b.1473)
• July 20 – Claude of France, Queen of France, the first wife of Francis I (b. 1499).^[3]
• September 18 – Charlotte of France, princess (b.1516)

Full date missing

• Étienne de Poncher, prelate and diplomat (b.1446)

See also

References

1. "Francis I | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1915). "Biron, Armand de Gontaut". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 3 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 280. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
3. Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1916). "Claudia (Claude de France)". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 5 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 12 September 2015.