1542 in France

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Events from the year 1542 in France.

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Monarch â Francis I^[1]

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Antoine Escalin des Aimars
March 8 â Antoine Escalin des Eymars, the French ambassador, returns from Constantinople with promises of Ottoman aid in a war against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
July 12 - King Francis I, after allying with Suleiman the Magnificent, declares war once again on Charles V, starting the Italian War of 1542â1546.^[2]

Births

October 31 â Henriette of Cleves, French noblewoman (d.1601)

December 8 âMary I of Scotland , Queen consort of France and wife of Francis II. (d.1587)

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