Louise of Savoy

Louise of Savoy (French: Louise de Savoie, * September 11, 1476 in Castle of Pont- d'Ain, † September 22, 1531 in Grez -sur -Loing ) was by marriage to Charles de Valois - Orléans, Duchess of Angoulême. As the mother of the French king Francis I took her on his policies significant influence. During the Italian campaigns of her son, she was regent of France ( 1515-1516 and 1525-1526 ).

Life

Louise was the daughter of Philip II, Count of Bresse from the House of Savoy, who later became duke of Savoy. Through her ​​mother, Marguerite de Bourbon, she was a niece of Pierre, Seigneur de Beaujeu, later Duke of Bourbon.

At the age of twelve, she was with Charles de Valois - Orléans, Count of Angoulême, a great-grandson of Charles V of France married. When the Count died in 1496, Louise had two children, Margaret (* 1492) and Francis (* 1494). The enthronement of the childless Louis XII. Franz made ​​the probable successor to the French throne. Luise brought their children to the court and received Amboise as a residence. She lived henceforth in the fear that Louis could have a son, so there was a secret rivalry between her and the Queen Anne de Bretagne.

After her son was XII after the death of Louis. on January 1, 1515 king. From him Louise was awarded the County of Angoulême, who was elevated to the rank of a duchy. Added to this was the duchy of Anjou and the county of Maine. From 1515 until her death she took a significant influence on the government.

In the critical situation after the Battle of Pavia in 1525 they showed up to the plight and made sure that the order was maintained in the kingdom. They acted very cleverly to separate Henry VIII of England from the imperial alliance.

On the other hand, they also continued passionately for their own interests a. When her niece Suzanne de Bourbon died in 1521 and Charles III. de Bourbon legitimately laid claim to the duchies of Bourbon and Montpensier, it seems to have had a significant role in ensuring that these Franz moved in for the main line of the Bourbons, which Charles was driven to betrayal.

Luise acted with Margaret of Austria from the contracts concluded on August 5, 1529 so-called Women's Peace of Cambrai, which ended the war between her son Francis I and the Emperor Charles V..

When Louise died in 1531, Francis was divided their lands back in the UK, namely, the Bourbonnais, Beaujolais, Auvergne, Marche, Angoumois, Maine and Anjou.

She was laying in the grave of the French kings, the Basilica of Saint -Denis, buried. In the sack of the Royal Tombs of Saint- Denis during the French Revolution to her grave was opened and looted on October 20, 1793, her remains were buried in a mass grave outside the church. Your heart is kept in the Notre- Dame de Paris cathedral.

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