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| Francis I was King of France from 1515 to 1547. He was renowned for his extensive fiscal reforms: he floated government bonds, punished royal fiscal agents who misappropriated funds, and twice reorganized the treasury. This portrait is attributed to Jean Clouet and is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. | ||||||
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