Francis I of France
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Francis I (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547.
Quotes[edit]
- De toutes choses ne m'est demeuré que l'honneur et la vie qui est saulve.
- Of all I had, only honour and life have been spared.
- Letter to his mother, Louise of Savoy, after his defeat and capture by Chares Vat Pavia, 24 February 1525
- Souvent femme varie,
Mal habil qui's fie- Woman is often fickle,
Foolish the man who trusts her. - Couplet scratched by the King on the glass of a window at chambord. Quoted in Vincent Cronin Louis XIV, p. 175, 1964
- Woman is often fickle,