Category:Louise of Savoy

**Louise of Savoy**
	Mother of King Francis I of France (1476-1531)
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Name in native language	Louise de Savoie;
Date of birth	11 September 1476; Pont-d'Ain
Date of death	22 September 1531; Grez-sur-Loing
Place of burial	Basilica of Saint-Denis;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of France; Duchy of Savoy; Holy Roman Empire;
Occupation	politician;
Position held	regent;
Noble title	duke;
Family	House of Savoy;
Father	Filippo II, Duke of Savoy;
Mother	Marguerite de Bourbon;
Sibling	Philippe; Philibert II, Duke of Savoy; Louis of Savoy; Carlo II, Duke of Savoy; René of Savoy;
Child	Francis I of France; Margaret of Valois-Angoulême;
Spouse	Charles (1487–);
Authority file
	Q233192; ISNI: 000000007970123X; VIAF ID: 7496214; GND ID: 121233782; Library of Congress authority ID: nr99000326; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12515579c; IdRef ID: 067054560; NL CR AUT ID: jo2017958987; National Library of Israel ID (old): 001439520; National Library of Spain ID: XX986122; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072806702; NORAF ID: 90954487; NLP ID (old): a0000003853385; PLWABN ID: 9810547213805606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007520901405171; FranceArchives agent ID: 167896521; SBN author ID: CFIV222144; Open Library ID: OL5940543A; KulturNav-ID: 522d765f-d1a5-4499-a759-e3a552196a6c
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; PetScan; statistics; WikiMap; Locator tool; KML file; Search depicted;

Louise of Savoy (September 11, 1476 – September 22, 1531) was the mother of Francis I of France and Marguerite de Navarre, consort of Henry II of Navarre.

When she was widowed at the young age of 19, Louise deftly maneuvered her children into a position that would secure for each of them a promising future. She moved her family to the court of King Louis XII of France, her husband's cousin. Francis became a favorite of the king, who gave him his daughter Claude de France in marriage on 8 May 1514. With that marriage, Louis XII designated Francis as his heir. With the death of Louis XII on 1 January 1515, Francis became king of France. Louise of Savoy remained active on behalf of her son in the early years of his reign especially. During his absences, she acted as regent on his behalf.