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Robert Edward, an English novelist; born in Gloucester, England, March 25, 1841. He delights in realistic descriptions of scenes of adventure, Francis I., King of France; born in Cognac, France, Sept. 12, 1494; succeeded to the throne in 1515, on the death of Louis XII., who died without male i ue. He died at the Chateau de Rambouillet, March 31, 1547, and was succeeded by his son, Henry II. Francis II., King of France, the eldest son of Henry II. and his queen Catherine de Medici; born in Fontainebleau, Jan. 19, 1648. He succeeded his father in July, 1559, having in the preceding year married Mary Stuart, daughter of James Y. of Scotland. He made the Cardinal of Lorraine first minister, and his brother, the Duke of Guise, commander-in-chief, The insolence and cruelty of their rule produced profound discontent, and led to the conspiracy of Amboise and the beginning of the civil war between the Catholics and Protestants. ‘The states general were convoked at Orleans in 1560, and the Prince of Conde, who had joined the Protestants, was there arrested, and sentenced to death; but the sentence was not executed in consequence of the death of the king soon after, in Orleans, Dec. 5, 1560.