1544 (MDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1544th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the...

Francis II (French: François II; 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King of Scotland as the husband of...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1544. Summer – The engraver and publisher Cornelis Bos relocates from Antwerp...

Henry's children: Francis II, born 19 January 1544, who married Mary, Queen of Scots Elizabeth of France, born 2 April 1546, who married Philip II, King...

and Paris 1542: Gabelle revolt in La Rochelle, riots in Rouen and Tours 1544: Revolt over taxes and religion in Saint-Maixent 1545: Tax revolts and riots...

Chastel (died 1553), Bishop of Tulle (1539), Mâcon (1544) and Orléans (1551). Grand Almoners of France 1552-1556 : Bernard de Ruthie (died 1556), Abbot of...

Sagon was a French priest and poet of the 16th century. He was famous for his enmity with Clément Marot. He published in 1544 Apologye en défense pour...

Biez (died 1553), Marshal of France in 1542 Antoine de Lettes-Desprez, Lord of Montpezat (1490–1544), Marshal of France in 1544 Jean Caraccioli, Prince of...

Antoine de Rochechouart (c. 1488–1544), a scion of the ancient House of Rochechouart. In addition to being lord of Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, he was Seneschal of...

bases in France and established the emirate of Fraxinet. They were eventually defeated and expelled in 975. During the winter of 1543–1544, after the...

Army Who Came to Succor All of Us': Ottoman and French Views of Their Joint Campaign of 1543–1544." French Historical Studies 30:3 (2007): 395–425 online[dead...

Tulle (1544), of Mâcon (1549) and of Orléans (1551). He became also Master of the King's Bookshop, director of the Royal College (now Collège de France) and...

/ˈbɔːrbɒn/; French: [buʁbɔ̃]) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon...

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) married Francis, Dauphin of France (1544–1560), at Notre-Dame de Paris on 24 April 1558. The festivities included pageants...

inherited the title of Prince of Orange from his cousin in 1544, until it was finally ceded to France in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht. Although permanently...

within a month. The French, under François, Count d'Enghien, defeated an Imperial army at the Battle of Ceresole in 1544, but the French failed to penetrate...

The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 by an English army was the first major action of the war of the Rough Wooing. The Provost of Edinburgh was compelled to...

1530-1531: Thomas Cuisinier 1531-1541: Barthélemy de Chasseneuz 1541-1544: Guillaume Garçonnet 1544-1557: Jean Maynier 1557-1564: Jean-Augustin de Foresta (1520-1588)...

Boisy, Madame de Cossé-Brissac Guillemette de Sarrebruck, comtesse de Braine 1544–1557: Françoise de Contay (d. 1557), Madame d'Humières, Dame de Contay. Marie-Catherine...

mentioned there from the 14th century, which gave refuge to François I in 1544 after the capture of Château-Thierry by Charles V. From this time, it became...

surname can be traced back to Marcillac-Lanville in France, in the 16th century, and to a Robert Truteau (1544–1589). The lineage in North America was established...

João Afonso in Portuguese (also spelled João Alfonso) (c. 1484 – December 1544 or 1549)[citation needed] was a Portuguese navigator, explorer and corsair...

Trump tariffs, US tech titans in crosshairs". Frankfurt, Germany: France 24. Agence France-Presse. April 3, 2025. Archived from the original on April 7, 2025...

gardens of the Cortile del Belvedere in Rome, the architect Bramante (1444–1544) introduced the idea of perspective, using a long axis perpendicular to the...

Brandenburg had agreed to join his invasion of France. By May 1544, two Imperial armies were poised to invade France: one, under Ferrante Gonzaga, Viceroy of...

Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands, who inherited it in 1544 and which was not incorporated into France until 1673. An army of the Catholic League laid siege...

with estates in the Netherlands, inherited the title Prince of Orange in 1544, the principality was incorporated into the holdings of what became the House...

Stewart, Lord of Aubigny (1452–1508) Robert Stewart, Lord of Aubigny (1470–1544) Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (1649–1734) Théophile...

King's physician to have no further children. Francis II, King of France (19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560). Married Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1558. Elisabeth...

de France (fl. 1160–1210) Rutebeuf (1245–85) Jean Froissart (1337–1405) François Villon (1431–63) – Le Testament La Pléiade Clément Marot (1496–1544) Maurice...