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| Biographical Information | |
| IRL: | History's Francis of Valois |
| Real Name: | Francis of Valois |
| Title: | King Francis I Francis I of France |
| Born: | 12 September 1494 |
| Age: | 52 |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Originally From: | France |
| Wife: | Claude, Duchess of Brittany Eleanor of Austria |
| Parents: | Charles d'Orléans (Father)
Louise of Savoy (Mother) |
| Family: | Marguerite de Navarre (Sister) |
| Children: | Duke Francis † King Henry † |
| Affiliations: | House of Valois |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender: | Male 
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| Status: | Deceased |
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| Character Information | |
| First appearance: | Long Live The King |
| Portrayed by: | Mentioned |
Francis of Valois was the father of King Henry II and his brother Duke Francis. He traded his children freedom and safety for his own and sent them to Spain as prisoners for his own release.
Season 1
- Long Live The King - (Mentioned)
King Henry told his son how him and his older brother Duke Francis were traded by his own father in 1525 as replacement hostages and held in Spain by King Charles V for 4 years until Henry was about 10 years old.
Season 4
- Coup de Grace - (Mentioned)
King Charles and Gideon Blackburn are at French Court talking about a Da Vinci painting. Charles's grandfather Francis of Valois purchased it while he was King.
Notes
- Francis of Valois will never appear on Reign.
Historical Notes
- In 1524, King Francis I assisted the citizens of Lyon in financing the expedition to North America. On this expedition, they visited the present day New York City, naming it New Angoulême, and claimed Canada's Newfoundland for the French crown.
- He and Catherine were very close, and actually preferred her over his own son, the future King Henry II.
- His cousin, Princess Madeleine, was the mother of his beloved daughter-in-law, Catherine de' Medici.
- King James, King Francis I of France, the young Prince Henry, and King Henry II of Navarre (Queen Jeanne's father) all went boar-hunting together in 1536, before King James' wedding to Princes Madeleine.
Related Pages
| King: | Charles IX of France | Queen: | Catherine de' Medici (Regent) |  | |
| Heir: | Henry of Valois | Lands: | Kingdom of France | ||
| Title(s): | King of France · King of Poland · King Consort of Scotland · Grand Duke of Lithuania · Duke of Orléans · | ||||
| Deceased Members: | Louis of Valois · Henriette of Valois · Emone of Valois · Henry II of France · Francis II of France | ||||
| Household: | · | ||||