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Madeleine of France Madeleine of France
Madeleine of France (1520–37), queen of James V of Scotland. The eldest surviving daughter of Francis I of France, Madeleine married James V in Paris on 1 January 1537. The French king, at war with the Emperor Charles V and facing renewed hostilities with England, paid a high price... Read more
truce of Tours truce of Tours
Tours, truce of, 1444. With the struggle in France moving against them in the 1440s, the English wished to use a marriage negotiation for Henry VI to obtain a settlement. At Tours in May 1444, Suffolk ( William de la Pole) promised to surrender Maine in exchange for a two-year truce and Henry was... Read more
Henry VI Henry VI
Henry VI 1421-71, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71). Reign Early Years The only son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois , he became king of England when he was not yet nine months old. When his grandfather, Charles VI of France, died, Henry was proclaimed king of France by the English, in... Read more
Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis kätō´-käNbrāzē´ , 1559, concluded at Le Cateau, France, by representatives of Henry II of France, Philip II of Spain, and Elizabeth I of England. It put an end to the 60-year conflict between France and Spain, begun with... Read more
treaty of Picquigny treaty of Picquigny
Picquigny, treaty of, 1475. Edward IV's great campaign in northern France in 1475 was something of a non-event. Greatly dissatisfied with the help he had received from his Burgundian allies, the king was very willing to make terms at Picquigny near Amiens, on 29 August. There was to be a... Read more
Mary Tudor Mary Tudor
Mary Tudor (1495–1533), queen of France and duchess of Suffolk. Mary Tudor was Henry VIII's younger sister and from her descended the claim of Lady Jane and Lady Catherine Grey to the throne. In 1514, she was married to the elderly king of France, Louis XII. She was queen of France... Read more
Riviera (France) Riviera (France)
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Anne of Brittany Anne of Brittany
Anne of Brittany 1477-1514, queen of France as consort of Charles VIII from 1491 to 1498 and consort of Louis XII from 1499 until her death. The daughter of Duke Francis II of Brittany, she was heiress to his duchy. Shortly before her father's death (1488), a French army under Louis de La... Read more
La Hogue La Hogue
La Hogue , or La Hougue , cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during the War of the Grand Alliance, a French fleet under Tourville was defeated (1692) by the English and Dutch. The battle ended French naval supremacy in the war.... Read more
Paul Broca Paul Broca
Broca, Pierre Paul (b. Sainte Foy-la-Grande, near Bordeaux, France, 28 June 1824; d. Paris, France, 8 July 1880) medicine, anthropology. Broca was the son of a Huguenot doctor, Benjamin Broca; his mother was the daughter of a Protestant preacher. At the local college he received a bachelier Read more

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