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Francis II, 1544–60, king of France (1559–60), son of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. He married (1558) Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), and during his brief reign the government was in the hands of her uncles, François and Charles de
Francis II (born February 12, 1768, Florence—died March 2, 1835, Vienna) was the last Holy Roman emperor (1792–1806) and, as Francis I, emperor of Austria (1804–35); he was also, as Francis, king of Hungary (1792–1830) and king of Bohemia (1792–1836). He supported the conservative political system of Metternich in Germany and Europe ...
Jul 11, 2022 · It was the first sign of religious tolerance in France since the rule of Henry II. 9. Francis II was Raised at Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Francis was born 11 years after his parents got married. This long wait was contrary to the royal family’s norms, to sire an heir in the first years of the marriage.
Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis]; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian [a] ( Florentine) noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the ...
She was sent by her mother, Mary of Guise, to be raised at the court of the French king Henry II and was married in 1558 to his son Francis II. After Francis’s brief rule as king (1559–60) ended with his premature death, Mary returned to Scotland (1561), where she was distrusted because of her Catholic upbringing.
Jun 11, 2021 · Français : François II, roi de France, et sa femme, Marie Stuart, reine de France et d’Écosse. Enluminure tirée du Livre d'heures de Catherine de Medicis , BnF, NAL 83, folio 154 v. English: Francis II, King of France, and his wife, Mary Stuart, Queen of France and Scotland.
Dec 5, 2015 · Francis II was born in 1544. He acceded to the throne in 1559, aged only 14, after the accidental death of his father Henri II from a jousting accident. Francis was the first in a series of four French princes, children of Henri and Catherine de Medici, all of whom died young. His main claim to fame (sounds strange to say that about a king of ...
