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Henry II King of France Valois 1519–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 March 1519

Birth Location: St. Germain-En-Laye, F

Death Date: 10 July 1559

Death Location: Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France

Father: Francis Valois

Mother: Claude Brittany

Spouse(s): Janet STEWART, Caterina Medici

Children(s): Francis France

Henry II King of France Valois was born in 1519 in St. Germain-En-Laye, F, the child of Francis I Angouleme Valois And Claude Consort France Duchess Brittany. Henry II King of France Valois married Caterina Maria Romola Di Lorenzo Queen Consort Of France Medici, Janet Stewart, and had children including Francis Ii King Of France. Henry II King of France Valois passed away in 1559 in Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • Henry II King of France Valois was born in 1519 in St. Germain-En-Laye, F, the child of Francis I Angouleme Valois And Claude Consort France Duchess Brittany.
  • Henry II King of France Valois married Caterina Maria Romola Di Lorenzo Queen Consort Of France Medici, Janet Stewart, and had children including Francis Ii King Of France.
  • Henry II King of France Valois passed away in 1559 in Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Valois
1494–1547
Birth Location: Cognac, Correze, Limousin, France
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Claude Brittany
1499–1524
Birth Location: Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
CB

Spouses(s)

Janet STEWART
1500–1562
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JS
Caterina Medici
1519–1589
Birth Location: Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
CM

Children(s)

Francis France
1544–1560
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
FF

Henry Valois's Ancestors

Self
Henry Valois
1519–1559
Birth Place: St. Germain-En-Laye, F
Parents
Francis I Angouleme Valois
1494–1547
Cognac, Correze, Limousin, France
Claude (Consort France Duchess) Brittany
1499–1524
Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Valois's Descendants

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Henry (II King of France) Valois (31 March 1519–10 July 1559) m. Janet STEWART (1500–20 Feb 1562) m. Caterina (Maria Romola di Lorenzo Queen Consort of France) Medici (13 April 1519–5 January 1589)
  1. 1. Francis (II King of) France 1544–1560 m. Queen (Mary I Stuart Queen) of 1542–1587
    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
        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
        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

Henry Valois's Timeline

2 Records

1519
31 March 1519
Birth of Henry II King of France Valois in St. Germain-En-Laye, F
St. Germain-En-Laye, F
1559
10 July 1559
Age 40
Death of Henry II King of France Valois in Palais De Tourne, Paris, Ile-de-France, Kingdom of France
Palais De Tourne, Paris, Ile-de-France, Kingdom of France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 March 1519
    Event Place: St. Germain-En-Laye, F
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 July 1559
    Event Place: Palais De Tourne, Paris, Ile-de-France, Kingdom of France
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index
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