Francis i Archives - History of Royal Women

Louise of Savoy – Madame la regente

January 12, 2018 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

Louise of Savoy was a politically active, assertive woman and a mother of a French king, but she had never been Queen of France herself and was not born into the monarchy. Louise was born to Phillip II of Savoy and his wife, Marguerite de Bourbon. Louise’s father spent most of his life as the younger [read more]

The death of Francis Stephen of Lorraine

August 18, 2017 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

On 18 August 1765, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor died. The fifty-six-year-old Emperor who was in good health at the time and he had been in Innsbruck with his court celebrating the marriage of his son Leopold. One evening during his stay, Francis was returning from the opera when he died suddenly in his carriage, turning [read more]