Events from the year 1542 in France
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Incumbents
editEvents
editAntoine Escalin des Aimars - July 12 - King Francis I, after allying with Suleiman the Magnificent, declares war once again on Charles V, starting the Italian War of 1542–1546.[2]
Births
edit- October 31 – Henriette of Cleves, French noblewoman (d.1601)
- December 8 –Mary I of Scotland , Queen consort of France and wife of Francis II. (d.1587)
Deaths
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Francis I | king of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Frieda, Leonie (2018). Francis I: the maker of modern France (1st ed.). New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 978-0-06-156309-6. OCLC 1030771970.
