alancon

Updated: May 12, 2025

Francis I., on hearing, at Pizzighittone, these proposals read out, suddenly drew his sword as if to stab himself, saying, "It were better for a king to end thus." His custodian, Alancon, seized his arm, whilst recalling him to his senses.

M. (François) Guizot - A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4