Francis I of France

Francis I (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547.

Quotes

• 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