1547 in France
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Events from the year 1547 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- 31 March â Francis I of France dies, and Henry II is the new King of France
Births
- November 12 - Claude of Valois, Duchess of Lorraine, daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici (d.1575).[3]
Full date missing
- Jacques Rabelais, writer and scholar (d.1622)
Deaths
- 31 March â King Francis I of France (b.1494)[4]
Full date missing
- Louise de Montmorency, noblewoman (b.1496)
- Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, princess (b.1472)
- Lazare de Baïf, diplomat and humanist (b.1496)
- François Vatable, humanist scholar, Hellenist and Hebraist (b. Unknown)
- André de Foix, military officer (b.1490)
