noble_family margaret of france
Francis I ( 12 September 1494  31 March 1547 ) was the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the ___MASK89___ , reigning from 1515 until his death . He was the son of Charles , Count of Angoulême , and Louise of Savoy . He succeeded his cousin and father - in - law Louis XII , who died without a male heir . Margaret of France , Duchess of Berry ( French : Marguerite de Valois ) ( 5 June 1523 -- 15 September 1574 ) was the daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude , Duchess of Brittany . The ___MASK89___ was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty . They succeeded the House of Capet ( or " Direct Capetians ") to the French throne , and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589 . Junior members of the family founded cadet branches in Orléans , Anjou , Burgundy , and Alençon . Louise of ___MASK7___ ( 11 September 1476  22 September 1531 ) was a French noblewoman , Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon , Duchess of Nemours , and the mother of King Francis I of France . She was politically active and served as the Regent of France in 1515 , in 1525  1526 and in 1529 .