Person:Henry II of France (1)
Henry II of France
b.31 Mar 1519
d.10 Jul 1559
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Francis III , Duke of Brittany1518 - 1536
  2. Henry II of France1519 - 1559
  3. Madeleine of Valois1520 - 1537
  4. Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans1522 - 1545
  5. Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry1523 - 1574
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 OCT 1533
  1. Francis II of France1544 - 1560
  2. Elisabeth of Valois1545 - 1568
  3. Claude of Valois1547 - 1575
  4. Louis of Valois1549 - 1550
  5. Charles IX of France1550 - 1574
  6. Henry III of France1551 - 1589
  7. Marguerite de Valois1553 - 1615
  8. François , Duke of Anjou1555 - 1584
  9. Victoria of Valois1556 - 1556
  10. Joan of Valois1556 - 1556
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Henry II of France1519 - 1559
  • W.  Filippa Duci1520 - bef 1586
  1. Diane de France1538 - 1619
Spouse and Children
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m.
  1. Henry de Valois1535 - 1590
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Facts and Events
Name Henry II of France
Gender Male
Birth[1] 31 Mar 1519
Alt Birth? 31 MAR 1519 St. Germain En-Laye, France
Marriage 28 OCT 1533 Marseilles, Bouches-Du-Rhone, Franceto Catherine de' Medici
Marriage  Cohabitation without marriage formalities?  
to Lady Janet Stewart
Death[1] 10 Jul 1559
Alt Death? 10 JUL 1559 Palais De Tournelles, Paris, France


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Henry II (31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I, he earlier became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis III, Duke of Brittany, in 1536.

Henry pursued his father's policies in matter of arts, wars and religion. He persevered in the Italian Wars against the House of Habsburg and tried to suppress the Protestant Reformation even as the Huguenots became an increasingly large minority in France during his reign.

The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559), which put an end to the Italian Wars, had mixed results: France renounced its claims to territories in Italy, but gained certain other territories, including the Pale of Calais and the Three Bishoprics. France failed to change the balance of power in Europe, as Spain remained the sole dominant power, but it did benefit from the division of the holdings of its ruler, Charles V, and from the weakening of the Holy Roman Empire, which Charles also ruled.

Henry suffered an untimely death in a jousting tournament held to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis at the conclusion of the Eighth Italian War. The king's surgeon, Ambroise Paré, was unable to cure the infected wound inflicted by Gabriel de Montgomery, the captain of his Scottish Guard. He was succeeded in turn by three of his sons, whose ineffective reigns helped to spur the ghastly consequences of the French Wars of Religion between Protestants and Catholics.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry II of France, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2.   Henri II, Roi de France, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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