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Francis II died childless, so his younger brother Charles, then ten years old, succeeded him. On 21 December, the council named Catherine de' Medici, Regent of France. The Guises left the court, while Mary Stuart, Francis II's widow, returned to Scotland. Louis, Prince of Condé, who was jailed and awaiting execution, was freed after some ...
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807) was the first Empress of Austria and last Holy Roman Empress as the spouse of Francis II.She was born a Princess of Naples as the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Queen Maria Carolina.
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 ...
Mary, Queen of Scots had married Francis II of France at Notre-Dame de Paris on 24 April 1558, [3] and, after his death, she returned to Scotland to rule in person in September 1561. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, who had been brought up in England, was the son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Lady Margaret Douglas, and a grandson of ...
She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, albeit at times varying, influence on the political life of France.
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 ...
Spouse Arms Joan of Valois: Louis XI of France: 23 April 1464: 8 September 1476: 7 April 1498 husband's ascension: Not crowned: 17 December 1498 annulment: 4 February 1505: Louis XII: Anne of Brittany: Francis II, Duke of Brittany: 25 January 1477: 8 January 1499: 18 November 1504: 9 January 1514: Mary of England: Henry VII of England: 18 March ...
Francis II, King of France: 19 January 1544: 5 December 1560: Married Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) on 24 April 1558. No issue. Elizabeth of France: 2 April 1545: 3 October 1568: Married Philip II, King of Spain (1527–1598) on 22 June 1559. They had six children but only two daughters survived. Claude of France: 12 November 1547