Louise of Savoy – Madame la regente
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 […]
Marguerite of Angoulême
Renée of France – The protestant Duchess of Ferrara
Renée was born on 25 October 1510 to King Louis XII of France and his consort Anne of Brittany. Louis and Anne had only married […]
Chateau du Clos Lucé – Writing and Prayer
The Chateau de Cloux, now known as the Chateau du Clos Lucé was built in 1471 on the foundations of a 12th-century building. The main part […]
Marguerite of Angoulême – The mother of the French Renaissance
Marguerite was born to Charles, Count of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy in 1492. Her brother Francis succeeded their cousin Louis XII to the throne […]