Basic French History As of 1560
1498: Louis XII ascends to throne and marries Anne of Brittany.
1503: Anne of Brittany dies during a particularly severe miscarriage.
1505: Louis XII marries Germaine de Foix.
1507: Joan of France is born.
1509: Francis, Count of Angouleme is married to Mary of England.
1511: Magdalena of France is born.
1513: Francis, Count of Angouleme welcomes his first child, Charles of Angouleme.
1515: Francis, Count of Angouleme welcomes twin daughters, named Jeanne and Charlotte.
1517: Mary of England dies. Two weeks later Louis XII dies and thus Francis, Count of Angouleme ascends to the throne.
1520: Francis I of France remarries to Margaret Stewart, Dowager Duchess of Somerset and Princess of Scotland.
1521: Francis I of France welcomes Henri, Duke of Orleans.
1522: War begins against Brittany and Savoy.
1524: Francis I of France welcomes Louis, Duke of Angouleme. Robert of Brittany and Savoy is captured.
1525: Francis I of France welcomes Louise of France. Robert of Brittany and Savoy is allowed to leave France with the betrothal of his eldest son John to Jeanne of France.
1527: Magdalena of France is exiled from the French Court after secretly marrying Ercole d'Este.
1531: Charles, Dauphin of France marries Elizabeth Plantagenet, Princess of England.
1532: Charles, Dauphin of France welcomes his son Francis of France.
1533: Charles, Dauphin of France welcomes his daughter Charlotte of France.
1534: Elizabeth Plantagenet dies.
1540: Jeanne and Charlotte of France are allowed to join a convent.
1542: John of Savoy and Brittany is married to Louise of France.
1543: Louis, Duke of Angouleme dies of food poisoning.
1545: Francis I of France dies. His son Charles, Dauphin of France, ascends to the throne as Charles IX of France.
1546: Francis, Dauphin of France marries Mechthild (commonly referred to as Matilda) of Bavaria.
1548: Charlotte of France marries Albert of Bavaria (the future Albert V of Bavaria). Francis, Dauphin of France welcomes his son, Louis of France.
1550: Charles IX of France dies. His son Francis, Dauphin of France ascends to the throne as Francis II of France. Henri, Duke of Orleans marries Ippolita Gonzaga.
1551: Francis II of France welcomes his second child, Marie Anne of France.
1555: Henri, Duke of Orleans welcomes his only child, Marie Adelaide.
1556: Marie Anne is betrothed to Robert of Savoy and Brittany. Marie Adelaide is betrothed to Juan, Prince of Asturias.
1559: Henri, Duke of Orleans, dies.