What is Claude of France?
{{Distinguish|Claude of Valois}} {{more citations needed|reason=Too many sentences and paragraphs without cites.|date=September 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox royalty|name=Claude|title=|image=Claude de France (1499-1524).png|caption=Contemporary image of Claude, c. 1520|succession=[[Duchess of Brittany]]|predecessor=[[Anne of Brittany|Anne]]|successor=[[Francis III, Duke of Brittany|Francis III]]|reign=9 January 1514 – 26 July 1524|succession1=[[Queen consort of France]]|reign1=1 January 1515 – 26 July 1524|reign-type1=Tenure|cor-type1=[[Coronation]]|coronation1=10 May 1517|spouse={{marriage|[[Francis I of France]]|1514}}|issue={{plainlist| * [[Louise of Valois]] * [[Charlotte of Valois]] * [[Francis III, Duke of Brittany]] * [[Henry II of France]] * [[Madeleine of Valois|Madeleine, Queen of Scots]] * [[Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans|Charles II, Duke of Orléans]] * [[Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry|Margaret, Duchess of Savoy]]}}|issue-link=#Issue|issue-pipe=more...|house=[[House of Valois|Valois-Orléans]]|father=[[Louis XII]] of France|mother=[[Anne of Brittany|Anne, Duchess of Brittany]]|birth_date=13 October 1499|birth_place=[[Romorantin-Lanthenay]]|death_date={{Death date and age|1524|7|26|1499|10|14|df=y}}|death_place=[[Château de Blois]]|burial_date=|burial_place=[[Saint Denis Basilica]]}} '''Claude of France''' (13 October 1499 – 26 July 1524) was Duchess of Brittany from 1514. She was Queen of France from 1515 as the wife of King [[Francis I of France|Francis I]]. She was the eldest daughter of [[Louis XII]] and [[Anne of Brittany]]. Claude became Duchess of Brittany after her mother’s death in 1514. Months later, at the age of 14, she married her cousin [[Francis I of France|Francis]], securing Brittany's union with the French crown. After the death of Louis XII in 1515, Francis and Claude became King and Queen of France. Claude's reign as queen was largely overshadowed by her mother-in-law, [[Louise of Savoy]], and her sister-in-law, [[Margaret of Angoulême]]. Claud