Francis the 1st - The King of France (1515-1547) - The Great King

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  • Son of Charles of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy, Francis 1st succeeded his cousin Louis XII in 1515, whose daughter Claude he married. Widowed later in life, he remarried with Éléonore de Habsbourg, the sister of Charles Quint.
    Francis 1st is undoubtedly one of the builders of the modern state in France. He reorganized state finances and reformed the judicial system with the Villers-Cotterêts ordinance (1539). King Francis 1st also promoted the art of the Renaissance, which flourished in the construction and decoration of royal residences (Blois, Chambord, Fontainebleau), where he commissioned Italian artists (Leonardo da Vinci, Rosso , the Primatice). He also encouraged translations by philosophers and founded the future Collège de France. When he died in 1547, his son Henri II succeeded him.
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  • @nicholasrue7397
    @nicholasrue7397 Před 2 lety +73

    François I is my thirteenth great grandfather. I didn’t really know anything about him, so this was very informative. Thank you for uploading. ❤️

    • @frenchsterr4708
      @frenchsterr4708 Před 2 lety +4

      Interesting

    • @November_892
      @November_892 Před 2 lety +4

      Hi cousin! I’m fifteen times removed

    • @nicholasrue7397
      @nicholasrue7397 Před 2 lety +9

      Henry was my twelfth great grandfather also. I’m glad I seemed to have dodged that bullseye nose. 💀
      I’m also indirectly related to Ivan the Terrible on my father’s side of the family.
      I like to think the good traits live on and the bad ones fall by the wayside. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @GPG0000
      @GPG0000 Před 2 lety +7

      @@nicholasrue7397 which of Henry's children are you descended from?

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +6

      You may be a distant relative of my spouse. There is royal blood in the family and one of his ancestors went to what is now Canada. Depending upon when they emigrated (I if my memory serves me correctly, it was in the mid-1600s), they were very likely Valois.

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +24

    Thank you for this. Francis I is much more interesting and multifaceted than I imagined. I love the palaces and chateaux from that period---especially the Chateau Fontainebleau. I hate to diss Henry VIII but while pretty enough, his palaces look blocky in comparison to the more graceful, airy style of the various French palaces--he really could have done with a couple of French architects. It's easy to see why Anne Boleyn grew up to be so cultured and style-conscious. The French styles of the era were lovely (I have a weakness for French hoods and wore an updated version at my wedding years ago).

    • @ucheokoroafor8273
      @ucheokoroafor8273 Před 2 lety +6

      English will never come close to the French in terms of taste and culture.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ucheokoroafor8273 Even though I have have English and German heritage, I am mostly insular and Continental Celt. I do agree that 500+ years ago--and even before--the French had the edge when it came to taste, culture, style and sophistication--and still do.

    • @ebonyjefferson2096
      @ebonyjefferson2096 Před rokem

      That's very interesting I'm trying to picture what your gown looked like.

  • @christinemcleod5499
    @christinemcleod5499 Před rokem +5

    Really enjoyed this! Looking forward to part 2. The narrator was really good- nice voice!

  • @toddbonin6926
    @toddbonin6926 Před 2 lety +6

    Part 1 was good. Thank you. Please upload part 2.

  • @lisalu910
    @lisalu910 Před 2 lety +2

    Very well done and informative.

  • @juanfervalencia
    @juanfervalencia Před 3 měsíci

    Very good, really, this is very good, concise, precise, and enjoyable

  • @kerimccomb5404
    @kerimccomb5404 Před 4 měsíci

    Literally left the Loire Valley today! I need the second episode, please! So intersting!

  • @brendonmcmorrow3886
    @brendonmcmorrow3886 Před 3 lety +16

    Great stuff! When will Part 2 be uploaded?

  • @coyotedust
    @coyotedust Před 2 lety +18

    Henry VIII was the Lion of England and Francois I was the Lion of France. Two giant huge humanist Renaissance Kings ruling two kingdoms, forced to be enemies, but so similar in their great physical size, strength, love of music, art, architecture, and war.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +6

      Interestingly, Francis apparently held the edge when it comes to strength--during the meeting known as the Field of the Cloth-of-Gold--Francis beat Henry in a wrestling match. Needless to say, Henry was not happy about that lol

    • @unemusiqueunjour
      @unemusiqueunjour Před 2 lety +1

      I'd compare Henry VIII to a pig

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +2

      @@unemusiqueunjour Nah. Pigs have a lot more class

    • @ebonyjefferson2096
      @ebonyjefferson2096 Před rokem

      Well said!

  • @jacobgraustein6509
    @jacobgraustein6509 Před 10 měsíci +1

    KING FRANCIS IS MY 17th GREAT GRANDFATHER, IT IS SO GREAT TO LEARN ABOUT HIM!🫡

  • @kermorin715
    @kermorin715 Před 10 měsíci +2

    9:20 He had beautiful manners, was extremely well spoken chivalrous and always dressed in conspicuously gorgeous clothing although his facial features were unusual 💀

  • @kevohwapipelinetransami4351

    Watching from Kenya

  • @sablewright8053
    @sablewright8053 Před rokem

    What a great documentary

  • @NLHester
    @NLHester Před 2 lety +1

    Great doc. What about part 2?

  • @jonandrews3528
    @jonandrews3528 Před 2 lety

    Excellent

  • @Michaelneiss
    @Michaelneiss Před 2 lety +23

    10:05 Although beauty standards have altered somewhat since the Renaissance era, it seems a bit over the top to describe Francis as 'handsome."

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +5

      When young I think Henry VIII was the better looking of the two, but I've seen worse than Francis.

    • @Michaelneiss
      @Michaelneiss Před 2 lety +4

      @@harrietharlow9929 In Henry's case, the main fault did not lie in the model as such, but in the lack of maintenance ...

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Michaelneiss Agreed. He really let himself gp in his forties.

    • @j-loosenfout67
      @j-loosenfout67 Před 2 lety +8

      Hello,
      François the first measured 1.98m (77.95 inches) which, by the criteria of the time, made him a giant. He was also very "well-built" and very muscular, which is why people said: "Il porte beau" ("he wears handsome"). Louis XIV was 1.84m (72.44 inches), Louis XV was 1.75m (68.89 inches), Louis XVI was 1.91m (75.19 inches).
      In fact, on the whole, the kings of France were rather very tall compared to the average height of the contemporary people of their time.

  • @WickedFelina
    @WickedFelina Před 2 lety +1

    Yes, when is part deux?

  • @alexandramsh4740
    @alexandramsh4740 Před rokem +1

    Indeed!! His”fight” with HRE Charles V was almost 😅 personal in nature.

  • @pumpupjam9648
    @pumpupjam9648 Před 2 lety +21

    Francis, also had new fresh painters, like students under Titan. One is related in my genealogy. He was born in Florence in 1500 and died 1579. Some of his paintings are in Washington D.C., France, Italy, and Germany.

  • @robertd.carver6240
    @robertd.carver6240 Před 2 lety +13

    The mispronunciations--Papple for Payple, Capeeshun for Capayshun, etc.--are extremely annoying. The historical information may be mostly correct, but the inaccuracies are glaring and grate on the ear.

    • @AI-hx3fx
      @AI-hx3fx Před 2 lety +1

      Super grating on the ear. They could pronounce François properly, so why not the rest of the names?

    • @delphinidin
      @delphinidin Před 2 lety +5

      I think the narrator might be French? They have an excellent accent in English, but don't know how to pronounce some words properly in English.

    • @jesjes5255
      @jesjes5255 Před 2 lety +1

      American...they stuff up a lot of pronunciations.

    • @Heimrik01
      @Heimrik01 Před 2 lety +3

      @@delphinidin Non il n'est pas français à l'oreille, mais il s'agit plutôt d'un américain francophone.

  • @mrs.noneyabiz7924
    @mrs.noneyabiz7924 Před 2 lety +13

    It would be great story to listen to if only it had a narrator that could give it the flare it needed. We are talking about the king of France are we not?
    That deserves a narrator that can give it justice& can capture your listeners.
    Am I correct?.... Of course I am 🤗

  • @nobrenobre1
    @nobrenobre1 Před 2 lety +20

    It's a mistake to call him in English Francis, because Francis, the name, do exist in French, so call by is real name François! And also François in old french means French!

    • @dpm2515
      @dpm2515 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Interesting. Thanks for that, I had no idea. I had a French friend in high school and his name was Francois and everybody called him that nobody called him Francis. I didn't even think to. Separately, I'm North American and speak English only and can communicate in Spanish if necessary it's a pretty easy language to learn AND when Listening to the French people speak their language it's literally impossible for me to imagine being able to understand them one day

    • @nobrenobre1
      @nobrenobre1 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@dpm2515 However, these Latin languages ​​are very close, and Spaniards and French understand each other quite quickly when they meet.

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 Před 2 lety +6

    42:56 Henry VIII, although he was a mercurial sort, sided with the HRE because his wife Katarina Aragona,
    was the 1st cousin of the Charles V...she wasn't going to let him get away with that kind of betrayal of
    family.
    An interesting side bar to all of this is that with the possible exception of Spain, all of these monarchs
    were of frankish origin

  • @delphinidin
    @delphinidin Před 2 lety +13

    This is a really great documentary, but the narrator's constant mispronunciations have me in stitches

    • @davidbennett9691
      @davidbennett9691 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes. It's a French documentary but with really El Cheapo amateur translation and voice-over. Pity.

    • @CSGray-nf2hx
      @CSGray-nf2hx Před 2 lety +1

      I think they were trying to sound fancy

    • @meganesergerie5382
      @meganesergerie5382 Před 2 lety +3

      French names pronounced impeccably for a French speaker. Thank you!

  • @cakey4353
    @cakey4353 Před rokem

    Came here because I am distantly related to him, and wanted to learn more!

  • @sobeidalagrange7129
    @sobeidalagrange7129 Před 2 lety +2

    I love the dress, the color!!! 😱😭💞😎😊 Min 09:24

  • @meeeka
    @meeeka Před 2 lety

    Oh please!! Where is the subsequent story????

  • @bluespangle
    @bluespangle Před 2 lety

    @49:28 looks like the last moments of Leonard da Vinci

  • @SK-lt1so
    @SK-lt1so Před rokem

    There are few absolutes in history, but one you see over and over is that it is rarely worth taking territory with military force against the will of the inhabitants.

  • @worldtraveler134
    @worldtraveler134 Před 2 lety

    Interesting

  • @foureyes53
    @foureyes53 Před 2 lety

    part 2 when?

  • @charlesgithiri0017
    @charlesgithiri0017 Před 3 lety

    Kevo was pipeline hukosekani?

  • @EimaiEmpusa69
    @EimaiEmpusa69 Před 3 měsíci

    Bien mon roi favorit. Vive François I!

  • @rubysingh876
    @rubysingh876 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice kenya i love🇮🇳

  • @rickheady2298
    @rickheady2298 Před 2 lety +3

    His grandsons reign where a disaster Francis ii Charles IX and Henry III the French wars of religion

  • @Patricia-zt8ub
    @Patricia-zt8ub Před 2 lety

    the building model and the tree scale is very disturbing.

  • @lindsayhengehold5341
    @lindsayhengehold5341 Před 2 lety

    Love Francis I !

  • @elizabethbower2168
    @elizabethbower2168 Před 2 lety +1

    Really interesting document but it truly Annoyed me the of mispronunciations of MEDICI. The correct pronunciation is MEDICHI

    • @meganesergerie5382
      @meganesergerie5382 Před 2 lety +3

      From French speaker perspective, the prononciation is impeccable.
      En français, c’est prononcé Médici.

  • @themaestroslady1812
    @themaestroslady1812 Před rokem

    Throughout the video, the narrator pronounces "papal" and "papacy" with a short A rather than a long A. I've looked this up to make sure, and the long A is correct.

    • @alecblunden8615
      @alecblunden8615 Před rokem

      i would remind you that there is really no such thing as received English spelling or pronunciation, merely the practise of the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and even those are persuasive, not binding . You cannot call someone wrong simply because they disagree with you.

  • @Meine.Postma
    @Meine.Postma Před rokem

    Narrator sounds like Lt. Cmd. Data

  • @joannnorman7531
    @joannnorman7531 Před 2 lety +1

    France's was one the biggest best king

  • @crvenilavovi3036
    @crvenilavovi3036 Před 3 lety +1

    ODLIČNO,UZ MENE SVI ZAJEDNO BUDITE ,VOLIM VAS SVE...GREAT, EVERYONE TOGETHER BE WITH ME, I LOVE YOU ALL .izvini brat sto se reklamiram kod tebe ali moram jedino ovako skupicu bar nesto suba,nemam drugoga nacina..................

  • @jesjes5255
    @jesjes5255 Před 2 lety +1

    Leonardo da Vinci is buried in the chapel in Chateau de Amboise but a memorial is in the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence.
    btw, Francois I is known as 'The Nose"

  • @peggyseville189
    @peggyseville189 Před 2 lety

    Franccoi I is my fourteenth great grandfather.

  • @ChristianThePagan
    @ChristianThePagan Před 2 lety +5

    Is there a 2nd half? Because if there isn't its Interesting how the documentary stops right before Francis got his ass handed to him at Pavia.

  • @danhanqvist4237
    @danhanqvist4237 Před 2 lety +2

    Perhaps it would be interesting to pronounce Italian names in Italian (or at least not in French when speaking English). "medichi" rather than "medisee", for instance.

    • @jesjes5255
      @jesjes5255 Před 2 lety +1

      'Medisee' is particularly grating

    • @heliedecastanet1882
      @heliedecastanet1882 Před rokem

      Actually, this is how the French people pronounced the foreign names, by frenchified them. Catarina Medici was known if France as Catherine de Médicis. But those translations or modifications were not specific to France.

  • @sengdara4176
    @sengdara4176 Před 2 lety

    មានទាហានប៉ុន្មានពូជម៉ែអែងធ្វើរអាចម៏អិុបានខ្លះសូម្បីសត្វឆ្កែរវាមិនខ្លាច់ផង

  • @mzjamm2
    @mzjamm2 Před rokem

    I admire Francis the 1st very much, but why did the narrator remark he was handsome " his handsome appearance and and charm". The King was also known as François au Grand Nez ('Francis of the Large Nose'), It is extremely important to be careful when describing an individual with comment that are untrue. It doesn't matter what a king looks like to us centuries ago, but he should not have said handsome.

  • @junesilvermanb2979
    @junesilvermanb2979 Před 2 lety +3

    God Save The King!

  • @vincentjacobsson3981
    @vincentjacobsson3981 Před rokem

    Je pense que la relation du roi avec Jésus peut concerner les gens qui "empruntent" simplement son argent aux parties trompeuses.

  • @alfredodistefanolaulhe2212

    All these rulers from the early and central decades of the XVI century were second and third to the biggest king of them all, the Holy Roman emperor Charles V and King of Spain Charles I. Francis was specially despicable, and he was humbled by Charles V after the Battle of Pavia, one of the biggest battle victories in the history of humankind.

  • @joannnorman7531
    @joannnorman7531 Před 2 lety

    I just watch a movie on this. N I'm wondering if the castle was made from a norman

  • @ditzygypsy
    @ditzygypsy Před rokem +1

    Legitimated? I know it’s apparently an acceptable word, but it just sounds weird to me vs legitimized.

    • @ebonyjefferson2096
      @ebonyjefferson2096 Před rokem

      OMG...I was right on this part when I was reading your comment lolz what are the damn odds!!!

  • @proofnewtestamentistrue2948

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sheilahendrix5935
    @sheilahendrix5935 Před 2 lety +2

    May ❤God💚 Be💚 With💛 Everyone 💜Always 💚Much 💛Love Blessings ❤Always ✌ 💯 🌈 🎇 🌐 💚❤🧡❤💚❤💚💚💚💚💚

  • @AI-hx3fx
    @AI-hx3fx Před 2 lety +1

    I know this sounds so shallow, but damn he was hot.
    Also, it's his birthday in two days!

  • @nazlsenay7312
    @nazlsenay7312 Před 6 měsíci

    ..😊

  • @FenwycktheCat
    @FenwycktheCat Před rokem

    sadly the actor playing Francois I does not have the Valois nose. The actor has more of a pug nose.

  • @KenDelloSandro7565
    @KenDelloSandro7565 Před 2 lety +3

    I find it telling how the documentary deliberately avoids explaining why humanism sometimes had problems with the Church. It had nothing to do with humanism itself, the problem was that a small minority of philosophers would go too far from objective Truth and end up falling into pantheism and luciferianism. Luciferianism is the belief that man IS God. Some people would end up being enslaved by their passions from the constant nudes within art , etc. For some it ends up turning into smut. Before you know it, they become engaged in all types of deviancy and perversion. The final effect is the belief that man is the end all and be all of the universe, hence becoming worshipped as god = luciferianism. Then the philosophers who are falling into this extreme humanism, come up with erroneous ideas to justify their behavior.
    ..... kind of reminds one of the modern era...

  • @mzeemzee2547
    @mzeemzee2547 Před 2 lety

    🇰🇪🇰🇪✌️

  • @carlosv1366
    @carlosv1366 Před 2 lety +10

    He was a bad King, he empoverished the country and spent his reign fighting against Spain. A jerk

    • @cxarhomell5867
      @cxarhomell5867 Před 2 lety

      Isn't that good?

    • @clairepeace5783
      @clairepeace5783 Před 2 lety +3

      Everybody in Europe fought against each other ! Unless they married their female relatives into the country ! Happened all the time !

  • @moisepicard4968
    @moisepicard4968 Před 2 lety

    🇭🇹🇲🇫

  • @sengdara4176
    @sengdara4176 Před 2 lety

    បានអាព្រះយេសូចាក់ការួយ. អូហូស្ដាច

  • @MyDreamside
    @MyDreamside Před 4 měsíci

    CHOCONDA IS LIKE FEMALE FRANCOI

  • @LyricalXilence
    @LyricalXilence Před rokem +1

    Um...I'm sorry. But Francois was not good looking.

  • @ConoceteaTiMismoGnothiSeauton

    Francis the 1st maybe was a good artist but wasn't a great king.. he made many mistakes inside and outside France, like helping Soliman and fighting against Charles V who wanted the union of Europe

    • @sayefalikhan529
      @sayefalikhan529 Před 2 lety +7

      suleiman didn't seek help from francis but it was francis who seek help from suleiman.

    • @vmatin1
      @vmatin1 Před 2 lety

      Francis begged Suleiman for troops and money, which the magnificent Ottoman Empire kindly provided.

    • @heliedecastanet1882
      @heliedecastanet1882 Před rokem +1

      Humm… Charles V did not want the union of Europe 🙂

  • @damonoble3107
    @damonoble3107 Před 2 lety +3

    Terrible costuming on the women.

  • @silenusut
    @silenusut Před 2 lety +1

    Littered with a number of spurious value-judgements. Not subbing.

    • @Thedarkestduchess
      @Thedarkestduchess Před 5 měsíci

      Umm, this channel didn't make the documentary, numbskull. Lol. Get a life

  • @Engelhafen
    @Engelhafen Před 2 lety +1

    Such nonsense about reformation literacy - just because translations were available and printing possible didn’t mean people could all of a sudden read. Most had no time or inclination.