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Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 [1] – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. [2]
Philip's third wife was Elisabeth of Valois, the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. The original ceremony was conducted by proxy (the Duke of Alba standing in for Philip) at Notre Dame prior to Elisabeth's departure from France.
Audata was the first attested wife of Philip II. [1] [2] [3] Their marriage has been estimated to have taken place during the events between 360 and 359 BCE. [6] She took the name Eurydice, the name of Philip's mother, after the wedding. [7] This name change was probably due to dynastic reasons, because she was briefly the official queen of ...
Cleopatra was a maiden whom Philip II married either in 338 [3] or 337 [4] BC and was his seventh wife. [5]Eurydice was significantly younger than her husband [6] but her exact age at the time of her marriage is unknown.
Ingeborg was married to Philip II Augustus of France on 14 August 1193, [2] after the death of Philip's first wife Isabelle of Hainaut (d. 1190). Her marriage brought a large dowry from her brother King Canute VI of Denmark. [3] Stephen of Tournai described her as "very kind, young of age but old of wisdom."
Isabella of Hainault (5 April 1170 – 15 March 1190; also spelled: Ysabella de Hainault, Ysabelle de Hainaut or Ysabeau de Hainaut) was a Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip II. She was also formally ruling Countess of Artois de jure between 1180 and 1190.
Philip was born in either 383 or 382 BC, and was the youngest son of King Amyntas III and Eurydice of Lynkestis. [5] [6] He had two older brothers, Alexander II and Perdiccas III, as well as a sister named Eurynoe.
It shows Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain. [4] Its iconography derives from Titian's Portrait of Elizabeth of Portugal, Philip's mother. Elisabeth is shown holding a miniature of Philip in her right hand, [5] whilst her black clothing testifies to the austerity of the Spanish court at that time. [6]