1547 in France

Events from the year 1547 in France.

Incumbents

Monarch - Francis I, then Henry II

Events

31 March - Francis I of France dies, and Henry II is the new King of France

Births

November 12 - Claude of Valois, Duchess of Lorraine, daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.

Full date missing

Jacques Rabelais, writer and scholar

Deaths

31 March - King Francis I of France

Full date missing

Louise de Montmorency, noblewoman
Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, princess
Lazare de Baïf, diplomat and humanist
François Vatable, humanist scholar, Hellenist and Hebraist
André de Foix, military officer