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Monsieur François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon ( French: Hercule François; 18 March 1555 [1] – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici .
- 27 June 1584, Basilica of St Denis, France
- Valois-Angoulême
François, duc d’Anjou (born March 18, 1554, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France—died June 10, 1584, Château-Thierry) was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de Médicis; his three brothers—Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III—were kings of France. But for his early death at age 30, he too would have been king.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
FRANÇOIS, DUKE OF ALENÇON AND ANJOU (1554-1584), was the youngest of the four sons of King Henri II of France and Catherine de' Medici. In childhood, he contracted smallpox, which left him disfigured (though little of it is shown in portraits).
Francis, Duke of Anjou. The second suitor whom Elizabeth seriously considered was Francis, Duke of Anjou, brother of King Henry III of France. Although this suitor came with political benefits, Elizabeth was genuinely attracted to the much younger Duke and eager to marry him.
The Duchy of Anjou (UK: / ˈ ɒ̃ ʒ uː, ˈ æ̃ ʒ uː /, US: / ɒ̃ ˈ ʒ uː, ˈ æ n (d) ʒ uː, ˈ ɑː n ʒ uː /; French: ⓘ; Latin: Andegavia) was a French province straddling the lower Loire. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers.
- Angevin, Angevins, Angevine, Angevines
- Middle Ages
Jun 10, 2010 · On the 10th of June 1584, Elizabeth’s “Frog”, the Duke of Anjou, died at Chateau-Thierry in his homeland of France. He died of a fever. When the Queen heard of his death, she was grief-stricken and was said to have wept publicly for three whole weeks.
On 8 December 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted the title Duke of Anjou to his nephew, Charles-Philippe d'Orléans. Since he did not recognize his cousin's courtesy title, in his view, the title was available since 1795.
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