Renée de France

Kelly Peebles (Clemson University)

Ed. by Robert J. Hudson, Brigham Young University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.02: French Writing and Culture in the Renaissance, 1400-1600.
Vol. editors: Robert J. Hudson (Brigham Young University), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), Phillip John Usher (New York University), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 25 Oct 1510
Died 12 Jun 1575

Places

Active in France; Italy

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Patron
Ruler

Resources

de France's Works

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Born at the Château de Blois in 1510, Renée de France (also Renata di Francia or Renata di Ferrara) was the daughter of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne and younger sister of Claude de France, queen consort of François I. She was a celebrated patron of the arts and letters in both her native France and in Ferrara, Italy, where she spent her married life. In the mid-sixteenth century, she welcomed both French and Italian intellectuals and literati at her court in Ferrara, many of whom espoused heterodox religious beliefs. She spent her dowager years in Montargis, France, where she housed religious refugees and Calvinist pastors. As Renée’s parents had no surviving male heir, on Louis XII’s death in 1515, the crown passed to her brother-in-law, François d’Angoulême, known…

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Citation: Peebles, Kelly. "Renée de France". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 September 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14135, accessed 22 November 2024.]