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Francis I
King Francis I of France, portrait by Pierre Dumonstier, after a drawing by Jean Clouet; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Francis I was the cousin of King Louis XII of France. Following the accession of Louis XII in 1498, Francis became the heir presumptive to the French throne.1
In addition to this familial relationship, Francis I became Louis XII's son-in-law when he married Louis's daughter, Claude of France, shortly before the king's death in 1515.1