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Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 – 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 .
May 4, 2018 · May 4, 2018 Susan Abernethy 18 Comments. Elizabeth de Valois (called Isabel in Spain) was born on April 2, 1545 at the royal palace of Fontainebleau. She was the second child of King Henri II, then Duc d’Orléans and his wife Catherine de’Medici. She was born during the reign of her grandfather King François I.
Apr 2, 2020 · Elisabeth of Valois (April 2, 1545 – October 3, 1568) was a Spanish queen consort as the third spouse of Felipe II of Spain. She was born in the Château de Fontainebleau, the eldest daughter of Henri II of France and Catherine de’ Medici.
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Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain. Elizabeth of Valois (1545–1568) was the daughter of King Henry II of France.
Queen Elisabeth of Valois. Ca. 1605. Oil on canvas. Not on display. As he was often required to do, Pantoja de la Cruz here copied an original by Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1535-1625) of Cremona; it was her first portrait of the young queen.
This medal commemorates the marriage of Philip II (k. 1556-1598) and his third wife, Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, resulting from the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559.
Valois, historic region of France that gave its name to the second line of the Capetian dynasty; it corresponds to the southeastern quarter of the modern département of Oise, with an adjacent portion of Aisne. Under the Merovingian kings (c. 500–751) and their successors, the first Carolingians,
