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Henry II o Fraunce

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Henry II
Keeng o Fraunce
Ring31 Mairch 1547 – 10 Julie 1559
Coronation25 Julie 1547
PredecessorFrancis I
SuccessorFrancis II
Born31 Mairch 1519(1519-03-31)
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Dee'd10 Julie 1559(1559-07-10) (aged 40)
Place des Vosges
BuirialSaunt Denis Basilica
SpouseCatherine de' Medici
IssueFrancis II o Fraunce
Elisabeth, Queen o Spain
Louis o Valois
Claude, Duchess o Lorraine
Charles IX o Fraunce
Henry III o Fraunce
Margaret, Queen o Navarre an Fraunce
Hercule, Duke o Anjou
Victoria o Valois
Joan o Valois
HooseValois (Angoulême branch)
FaitherFrancis I o Fraunce
MitherClaude, Duchess o Brittany
ReleegionRoman Catholicism

Henry II (French: Henri II) (31 Mairch 1519 – 10 Julie 1559) wis a monarch o the Hoose o Valois who ruled as Keeng o Fraunce frae 31 Mairch 1547 till his daith in 1559.[1]


  1. François o Fraunce (later Keeng François II) (19 Januar 1544 – 5 December 1560) mairit Mary, Queen o Scots but haed nae issue.
  2. Élisabeth o Fraunce (2 Aprile 1545 – 3 October 1568) mairit Philip II o Spain an haed issue.
  3. Claude o Fraunce (12 November 1547 – 21 Februar 1575) mairit Charles III, Duke o Lorraine an haed issue.
  4. Louis o Fraunce, Duke o Orléans (3 Februar 1549 – 24 October 1550) died in infancy.
  5. Charles o Fraunce (later Keeng Charles IX) (27 Juin 1550 – 30 Mey 1574) mairit Elisabeth o Austrick an haed issue.
  6. Henri o Fraunce (later Keeng Henri III) mairit Louise o Lorraine nbut haed nae childer.
  7. Marguerite o Fraunce (14 Mey 1553 – 27 Mairch 1615) mairit Henry IV o Fraunce but haed nae issue.
  8. François o Fraunce, Duke o Anjou (18 Mairch 1555 – 10 Juin 1584) niver mairit.
  9. Jeanne o Fraunce born an died 24 Juin 1556)
  10. Victoire o Fraunce (24 Juin 1556 – 17 August 1556) died young.

References

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  1. Patrick, David, and Francis Hindes Groome, Chambers's biographical dictionary: the great of all times and nations, (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1907), 482.