The figures represented here are Queen Claudia (died 1524) and Francis I (died 1547). Francis I was the first king of France from the Angouleme branch of the House of Valois. He was key to initiating the French Renaissance. Also under his rule, the expansion of first French colonial Empire. He ruled 1515 to his death in 1547. Claudia of France was Queen of France. She was married to Francis I. She was also duchess of Brittany. This illustration dates to 1882.

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