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Francis II King of France 1544–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jan 1544

Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France

Death Date: 5 Dec 1560

Death Location: Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France

Father: Henry Valois

Mother: Caterina Medici

Spouse(s): Queen of

Children(s): King Scotland, Margaret Lorraine, Francis Valois

Francis II King of France was born in 1544 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France, the child of Henry Ii King Of France Valois And Caterina Maria Romola Di Lorenzo Queen Consort Of France Medici. Francis II King of France married Queen Mary I Stuart Queen Of, and had children including Francis Valois, King James I Of England James Vi Of Scotland, Margaret Of Lorraine. Francis II King of France passed away in 1560 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France.

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Biography

  • Francis II King of France was born in 1544 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France, the child of Henry Ii King Of France Valois And Caterina Maria Romola Di Lorenzo Queen Consort Of France Medici.
  • Francis II King of France married Queen Mary I Stuart Queen Of, and had children including Francis Valois, King James I Of England James Vi Of Scotland, Margaret Of Lorraine.
  • Francis II King of France passed away in 1560 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Valois
1519–1559
Birth Location: St. Germain-En-Laye, F
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Caterina Medici
1519–1589
Birth Location: Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
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Spouses(s)

Queen of
1542–1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
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Children(s)

King Scotland
1566–1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
KS
Margaret Lorraine
1615–1672
Birth Location: –
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Francis Valois
1559–1559
Birth Location: –
FV

Francis France's Ancestors

Self
Francis France
1544–1560
Birth Place: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
Parents
Henry II King of France Valois
1519–1559
St. Germain-En-Laye, F
Caterina (Maria Romola di Lorenzo Queen Consort of France) Medici
1519–1589
Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Grandparents
Francis (I Angouleme) Valois
1494–1547
Cognac, Correze, Limousin, France
Claude (Consort France Duchess) Brittany
1499–1524
Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Francis France's Descendants

1.
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Francis (II King of) France (19 Jan 1544–5 Dec 1560) m. Queen (Mary I Stuart Queen) of (8 Dec 1542–8 Feb 1587 beheaded tower of London)
  1. 1. King (James I of England, James VI of) Scotland 1566–1625 m. Anna (Oldenburg of) Denmark 1574–1619
    1. 1. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Stuart Queen of) Bohemia 1596–1662 m. Friedrich (V) Elector 1596–1632
      1. 1. Charles (I Louis) Wittelsbach 1617–1680
      2. 2. Princess (Sophia Palatine) Simmern 1630–1714 m. Ernst (Augusta) Hanover 1629–1698
        1. 1. King (George I (Ludwig) Hanover King of) England 1660–1727 m. Sophia (Dorothea Prinzessin von Ahlden BRUNSWICK LUNEBURG) Celle 1666–1726 m. Ermengarde MELUSINA 1667–1743 m. Katharine (Marie Von) MEYSENBUG 1655–1723 m. Anna (Margaretta) BRETT 1706–
      3. 3. Princess (Henrietta Maria) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
      4. 4. Princess (Louise Hollandine) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
      5. 5. Prince (Rupert of the Rhine Duke of) Cumberland 1619–1682
      6. 6. Countess (Charlotte Palatine) SIMMERN 1628–1630
      7. 7. Prince (Louis) Palatine 1624–1625
      8. 8. Prince (Edward) PALATINE 1624–1663
      9. 9. Prince Maurice 1620–1654
      10. 10. Frederick (Henry) Bohemia 1614–1629
      11. 11. Countess (Elisabeth Simmern Countessof) PALATINE 1520–1564
    3. 3. King (Charles I) Stuart 1600–1649 m. Henrietta-Maria (Del Borbon) Stuart 1609–1669
      1. 1. Mary (Henrietta) Stuart 1631–1660
      2. 2. King (Charles II) Stuart 1630–1685
      3. 3. King (James II of Great Britain) Stuart 1633–1701 m. Arabella Churchill 1647–1730 m. Lady (Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and) Albany 1638–1671 m. Mary (Beatrice) DEste 1658–1718 m. Countess (Catherine Sedley Countess of Dorchester, Countess of) Portmore 1657–1717
        1. 1. James (Francis Edward, Prince of Wales, 'The Old Pretender') Stuart 1688–1766 m. Maria (Casimire Clementina) Sobieska 1702–1735
        2. 2. Queen (Anne of Britain) Stuart 1665–1714 m. George Oldenburg 1653–1708
        3. 3. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Kendal 1666–1667
        4. 4. Queen (Mary II Stuart of) England 1662–1691 m. King (William III of) England 1650–1702
        5. 5. Charles (of) Cambridge 1660–1661
        6. 6. Edgar (Duke of Cambridge) Stuart 1667–1671
        7. 7. Arabella (Fitz) James 1674–1704
        8. 8. Henrietta Fitzjames 1667–1730
        9. 9. Henry (Fitz) james 1673–1702
        10. 10. James (Fitz) James 1670–1734
        11. 11. Catherine (Laura) Stuart 1675–1676
        12. 12. Isabella Stuart 1676–1681
        13. 13. Charles Stuart 1660–1661
        14. 14. James Fitzjames 1650–
        15. 15. Charlotte GODFREY 1679–1754
        16. 16. Henry Fitzjames 1651–
        17. 17. Mary Clorine 1665–1694
        18. 18. Daniel Stewart 1670–1737
      4. 4. Henrietta MARIA 1609–1669
      5. 5. Anne Stuart 1627–1640
    4. 4. Alexander (Stewart Great) BritainEngland 1586–1595
    5. 5. Margaret (Stuart of) Scotland 1598–1600
    6. 6. Robert (Stuart, Duke of) Kintyre 1602–1602
    7. 7. Mary Stuart 1605–1607
  2. 2. Margaret (of) Lorraine 1615–1672
  3. 3. Francis Valois 1559–1559

Francis France's Timeline

3 Records

1544
19 Jan 1544
Birth of Francis II King of France in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
1560
5 Dec 1560
Age 16
Death of Francis II King of France in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
1899
January 1899
Age 355
Francis II King of France was married in St George Hanover Square, London
St George Hanover Square, London

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jan 1544
    Event Place: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1560
    Event Place: Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: January 1899
    Event Place: St George Hanover Square, London
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