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Francis II (French: François II; 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King of Scotland as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots , from 1558 until his death in 1560.
The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
Mary of Guise wanted the wedding to cement a dynastic union of France and Scotland. [9] Henry II of France had a role in the decision as protector of Scotland, and in the French court a party, including the Constable of France, Anne de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency, opposed the marriage and the power it would give to Mary's uncles ...
Charles' father died in 1559, [7] and was succeeded by Charles' elder brother, King Francis II. [8] Francis II died in 1560. [9] The ten-year-old Charles was immediately proclaimed king on 5 December 1560, and the Privy Council appointed his mother, Catherine de' Medici, as governor of France (gouvernante de France), with sweeping powers, at ...
King of France r. 1226–1270: Charles V 1338–1380 King of France r. 1364–1380 Valois-Angoulême: 8 generations skipped: 5 generations skipped: Francis I 1494–1547 King of France r. 1515–1547: Antoine of Bourbon 1518–1562 King of Navarre: Jeanne III of Albret 1528–1572: Henry II 1519–1559 King of France r. 1547–1559: Catherine ...
Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany , he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536.
When Henry's son, King Francis II of France, soon died in turn, Navarre returned to the centre of politics, becoming Lieutenant-General of France and leading the army of the crown in the first of the French Wars of Religion. He died of wounds sustained during the Siege of Rouen. He was the father of King Henry IV, France's first Bourbon king.
Francis II may refer to: Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488) Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519), ruler of the Italian city of Mantua; Francis II of France (1544–1560), king of France; Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572–1632), son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, and Claude of Valois; Francesco II d'Este, Duke of ...