Events from the year 1547 in France
Monarch – Francis I, Henry II
31 March – Francis I of France dies, and Henry II is the new King of France
Jacques Rabelais, writer and scholar (died c.1622)
31 March – Francis I of France (born 1494).
Louise de Montmorency, noblewoman (born 1496)
Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, princess (born c.1472))
Lazare de Baïf, diplomat and humanist (born 1496)
François Vatable, humanist scholar, Hellenist and Hebraist
André de Foix, military officer (born 1490)
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