Claude of France

Claude
Claude
	Contemporary image of Claude, c. 1520
Duchess of Brittany
Reign	9 January 1514 – 20 July 1524
Predecessor	Anne
Successor	Francis III
Queen consort of France
Tenure	1 January 1515 – 20 July 1524
Coronation	10 May 1517
Born	13 October 1499; Romorantin-Lanthenay
Died	20 July 1524 (aged 24); Château de Blois
Burial	Saint Denis Basilica
Spouse	Francis I of France (m. 1514)
Issue; more...	Louise of Valois; Charlotte of Valois; Francis III, Duke of Brittany; Henry II of France; Madeleine, Queen of Scots; Charles II, Duke of Orléans; Margaret, Duchess of Savoy;
House	Valois-Orléans
Father	Louis XII of France
Mother	Anne, Duchess of Brittany

Claude of France (13 October 1499 – 20 July 1524) was the ruling Duchess of Brittany from 1514 until her death in 1524 and Queen of France by marriage to King Francis I, which was also in 1514, shortly before he became king on the death of her father. She was a daughter of King Louis XII of France and his second wife, the duchess regnant Anne of Brittany.

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