Francis III, Duke of Brittany

François de France ( born February 28, 1518 Amboise Castle; † August 10, 1536 at Castle Tournon ). He was the son of the French king Francis I and Claude de France, Duchess of Brittany. In his capacity as the eldest son and heir apparent of alleged he was entitled Dauphin or, more precisely, Dauphin of Viennois.

François was baptized on April 25, 1519 in Amboise, the decorations for the celebration of baptism works by Leonardo da Vinci. Through his mother's death in 1524 he inherited the Duchy of Brittany. The States General ( États ) Brittany recognized it immediately as Duke and thus took his father, the king, the possibility of using it myself.

The following year his father fell at the battle of Pavia ( 1525) in captivity by the emperor Charles V. and was released only in exchange for Franz and his younger brother Henry. On March 15, 1526, the two brothers were handed over to the Spanish-French border. They remained four years to 1530, in Spain.

On the eve of the proclamation of the union of the hitherto relatively independent Brittany with France in Nantes, on 14 August 1532 Francis was crowned Duke. In this context, he resigned from the French Ordre de Saint -Michel and the Breton ermine Order one. His oath as Duke he spoke in French and Breton. Other activities Franz ' in this direction brought the king to remove him from Brittany. He never ruled his territories, and also did not benefit from the income that went to the royal coffers.

Duke Francis III. died eighteen years old, eleven years before his father, on August 10, 1536 Castle Tournon on the Rhone, after he had drunk a glass of water. He was not married and not engaged, without legitimate or illegitimate offspring. He was buried in the Paris Saint-Denis basilica. In his position as heir to the throne and Duke of Brittany, his brother Henri moved by.

Count Montecuculi, his secretary, was accused of having poisoned him in the service of Emperor Charles. During a search of his quarters various poisons were found and under torture he confessed to the murder. For historians, however, the thesis of death is disputed by poison.

Footnotes

  • Duke (Brittany )
  • Prince (France)
  • Dauphin of France
  • Heir to the throne
  • House of Valois - Angoulême
  • Knight of the Order of Michael
  • Born in 1518
  • Died in 1536
  • Man
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