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King Henry Ii Valois 1519–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1519

Birth Location: Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Death Date: 10 July 1559

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

Father: Francois France)

Mother: Claudia France)

Spouse(s): Princess (Legitimized), Duchess (Mistress), Caterina France), Nicole Fontette)

Children(s): Prince III, Louis France, Victoire France, Elisabeth Spain), Jeanne Valois, Francois II, Charles IX, Princess D'angouleme), Hercule Valois, Claudia Valois-Angoulême, Catherine France, Henri Fontette), Queen Valois, Diane Valois

The story of King Henry Ii Valois began in 1519 in Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France. King Henry Ii Valois married Caterina Maria Romola Dimorenzo D Medici Queen Consort Of France, Duchess Diane Valentinois De Poitiers Mistress, Nicole De Savigny Baroness De Fontette, Princess Jeanette Stewart 2Nd Countess Of Wigton Governess Of Mary Queen Of Scots Princess Of Scotland Legitimized, and had children including Catherine De Valois Of France, Charles De Valois Angouleme King Of France Ix, Claudia De Valois Angouleme, Diane De Valois, Elisabeth Isabelle De Valois Queen Consort Of Spain, Francois Of France King Of France Ii, Henri Monsieur De Valois De St Remy Governor Of Chateauvillain Count De St Remy Baron De Fontette, Hercule Francois De Valois, Jeanne De Valois, Louis De France, Prince Henry Alexandre Edouard De Valois Iii, Princess Marie Diane De Valois De Poitiers Etampes Duchess D Angouleme, Queen Marguerite De Valois, Victoire De France. King Henry Ii Valois passed away in 1559 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • The story of King Henry Ii Valois began in 1519 in Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
  • King Henry Ii Valois married Caterina Maria Romola Dimorenzo D Medici Queen Consort Of France, Duchess Diane Valentinois De Poitiers Mistress, Nicole De Savigny Baroness De Fontette, Princess Jeanette Stewart 2Nd Countess Of Wigton Governess Of Mary Queen Of Scots Princess Of Scotland Legitimized, and had children including Catherine De Valois Of France, Charles De Valois Angouleme King Of France Ix, Claudia De Valois Angouleme, Diane De Valois, Elisabeth Isabelle De Valois Queen Consort Of Spain, Francois Of France King Of France Ii, Henri Monsieur De Valois De St Remy Governor Of Chateauvillain Count De St Remy Baron De Fontette, Hercule Francois De Valois, Jeanne De Valois, Louis De France, Prince Henry Alexandre Edouard De Valois Iii, Princess Marie Diane De Valois De Poitiers Etampes Duchess D Angouleme, Queen Marguerite De Valois, Victoire De France.
  • King Henry Ii Valois passed away in 1559 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francois France)
1494–1547
Birth Location: Cognac, Department of Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
FF
Claudia France)
1499–1524
Birth Location: Romorantin-Lanthenay, Loir-et-Cher, France
CF

Spouses(s)

Princess (Legitimized)
1498–1562
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
P(
Duchess (Mistress)
1499–1566
Birth Location: France
D(
Caterina France)
1519–1589
Birth Location: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
CF
Nicole Fontette)
1535–1590
Birth Location: France
NF

Children(s)

Prince III
1551–1589
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
PI
Louis France
1549–1550
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-En-Laye, 78551,, France
LF
Victoire France
1556–1556
Birth Location: Fountainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
VF
Elisabeth Spain)
1545–1568
Birth Location: Chateau Fontainebleau, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
ES
Jeanne Valois
1556–1556
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, 77186,, France
JV
Francois II
1544–1560
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, 77186,, France
FI
Charles IX
1550–1574
Birth Location: Château Royal, St-Germain, Île-De-France, France
CI
Princess D'angouleme)
1538–1619
Birth Location: Pibemont, France
PD
Hercule Valois
1555–1584
Birth Location: Château De Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-De-France, France
HV
Claudia Valois-Angoulême
1547–1575
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
CV
Catherine France
1550–1610
Birth Location: France
CF
Henri Fontette)
1557–1621
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
HF
Queen Valois
1553–1615
Birth Location: Château De Saint Germain en Laye, Saint-Germain-En-Laye, Yvelines, Île-De-France, France
QV
Diane Valois
1538–1619
Birth Location: Ville, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
DV

King Valois's Ancestors

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King Valois
1519–1559
Birth Place: Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Parents
Francois de Valois ( King of France)
1494–1547
Cognac, Department of Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Claudia (de Valois-Orléans (Princess De France de Valois Duchess Of Brittany Queen Of King Francis 1 Of) France)
1499–1524
Romorantin-Lanthenay, Loir-et-Cher, France
Grandparents
Charles (d'Orléans (Count of) Angoulême)
1459–1496
Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
Louise (de) Savoie
1476–1531
Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
V Charles
1500–1558
Château Royal de Blois, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Anne (De Bretagne Van Dreux Koningin Van Frankrijk,duchess Of Brittany, Queen Of Charles Viii Of France ( 2nd wife Queen of King Louis) VII)
1477–1514
Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Great-Grandparents
Jean D'orléans
1402–1468
Margarethe Rohan
1412–1464
Philippe Savoy)
1438–1497
Marguerite Bourbon
1454–1493
Charles D'orléans
1394–1395
Marie Kleve
1426–1486
Francois II
1433–1488
Marguerite Foix
1449–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Louis Orléans
1372–1407
Valentina Visconti
1370–1408
Viacomte Leon
1392–1428
Marguerite Bretagne
1390–1462
Louis Savoie
1412–1451
Anne Lusignano-Châtillon
1415–1462
Charles I
1401–1456
Agnes Bourgogne
1407–1476
Louis Orléans
1372–1407
Valentina Visconti
1370–1408
Richard Brittany)
1395–1438
Marguerite Valois-Orléans
1406–1466
Gaston IV
1423–1472
Eleanore Navarre)
1425–1479

King Valois's Descendants

1.
KV
King (Henry Ii) Valois (31 Mar 1519–10 July 1559) m. Princess (Jeanette Stewart 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland) (Legitimized) (1498–5 Oct 1562) m. Duchess (Diane Valentinois de Poitiers) (Mistress) (1499–1566) m. Caterina (Maria Romola diMorenzo d'Medici (Queen Consort of) France) (13 Apr 1519–05 Jan 1589) m. Nicole (de Savigny (Baroness de) Fontette) (1535–1590)
  1. 1. Prince (Henry Alexandre Edouard de Valois) III 1551–1589 m. Louise (de) Lorraine-Vaudemont 1553–1601 m. Queen (Marguerite de) Valois 1553–1615
    1. 1. Edmund (de Valois (1st Earl of) Lancaster) 1575–1600
    2. 2. Christine (de) Valois 1565–1637
    3. 3. Quentin (de) Valois 1575–1600
    4. 4. Prince (Philip de Valois of) France 1570–1620
  2. 2. Louis (De) France 1549–1550
  3. 3. Victoire (De) France 1556–1556
  4. 4. Elisabeth (Isabelle de Valois (Queen Consort Of) Spain) 1545–1568
  5. 5. Jeanne (de) Valois 1556–1556
  6. 6. Francois (of France (King Of France)) II 1544–1560 m. Mary (Stewart ( Queen of) Scots) 1542–1587
    1. 1. Francois (de Valois III (Prince of) France) 1559–1559
  7. 7. Charles (de Valois-Angouleme (King of France)) IX 1550–1574 m. Marie (Touchet Van Belleville (Mistress of Charles) IX) 1549–1638 m. Elisabeth (von Habsburg of Austria (Queen Of) France) 1554–1592
    1. 1. Charles (de) Valois 1573–1650 m. Charlotte (De) Montmorency 1571–1636
      1. 1. Louis (Emmanuel de) Valois 1596–1653
      2. 2. Henri (de) Valois 1594–1668
    2. 2. Princess (Marie Elisabeth Capet de) Valois 1572–1578
    3. 3. Marie-Élizabeth (de) Valois 1572–1578 m. Antoine (de) Valois 1565–
  8. 8. Princess (Marie Diane de Valois De Poitiers Etampes (Duchess) D'angouleme) 1538–1619 m. Claude (de Guise (Duke of) Lorraine) 1526–1573 m. François (De) Montmorency 1530–1579
    1. 1. Henri (of Lorraine De Guise (Count of) Valentinois) 1549–1559
    2. 2. Marie (of De Guise Lorraine) Aumale 1565–1627
    3. 3. Diane (De Guise) D'lorraine 1558–1586
    4. 4. Madeleine (De Guise Lorraine) Aumale 1554–1554
    5. 5. Antoinette (Louise Van) Lotharingen 1561–1643 m. Jean (Claude) Cochefer 1580–1622
      1. 1. Marius Cochefer 1590–
    6. 6. Marie (De Guise De) Lorraine-Vaudemont 1555–1613 m. Charles (De) Lorraine 1555–1631
      1. 1. Anne D'aumale 1600–1638
    7. 7. Katherine ((Catharina) Romula De Guise Van Lotharingen De) Lorraine 1550–1606 m. Nicolaas (Van Lotharingen Hertog Van) Mercoeur 1524–1577
    8. 8. Claude (De Guise Van Lotharingen Ridder Van) Aumale 1564–1591
    9. 9. Charles (De) Lorraine 1555–1631 m. Marie (De Guise De) Lorraine-Vaudemont 1555–1613
  9. 9. Hercule (Francois de) Valois 1555–1584
  10. 10. Claudia (de) Valois-Angoulême 1547–1575 m. Charles ((Karl) Lll Of France (Duke of) Lorraine) 1543–1608
    1. 1. Christine Lorraine 1565–1637 m. Ferdinando (De'medici) I 1549–1609
      1. 1. Claudia (De) Medici 1604–1648 m. Leopold (von Habsburg) V 1586–1632
        1. 1. Maria (Leopoldina Von) Tirol 1632–1649 m. Ferdinand (von) Habsburg 1608–1657
        2. 2. Sigismund (Franz von) Habsburg 1630–1665
        3. 3. Isabella (Clara Von) Österreich 1629–1685
        4. 4. Ferdinand (Karl von) Habsburg 1628–1662
        5. 5. Marie (Eleonora Av Tyrol von) Habsburg 1627–1629
        6. 6. Vittoria (Della) Rovere 1622–1694
      2. 2. Cosimo (De'medici) II 1590–1621
      3. 3. Catherine De'medici 1593–1629 m. Ferdinando (I) Gonzaga 1587–1626
      4. 4. Carlo De'medici 1595–1666
      5. 5. Maria (Magdalena) De'medici 1600–1633
    2. 2. Elisabeth (Renata Von) Lotharingen 1574–1635
    3. 3. Francois ((Francis) Vaudemont De Lorraine (Duc De E Lorraine Et Bar Comte De Vaudémont)) II 1572–1632
    4. 4. Antonia (De Lorraine Van Lotharingen (Duchess Consort of) Jülich-Cleves-Berg) 1568–1610 m. Johan (Willem Hertog Van) Kleef 1562–1609
      1. 1. Frau (Dietrich Hertog Van) Kleef 1589–1620
    5. 5. Anne (De Lorraine Van) Lotharungen 1569–1576
    6. 6. Henry (Ii 'The Good' Hertog Van Lotharingen (Duke Of) Lorraine) 1563–1624
    7. 7. Charles (Van Lotharingen De Lorraine (Cardinal Aartsbishop of Metz and) Strasbourg) 1567–1607
    8. 8. Claudia (de Valois De) Lorraine 1574–1576
    9. 9. Catherine (Of Lorraine (Duchess of) Mantua) 1573–1648
  11. 11. Catherine (de Valois Of) France 1550–1610
  12. 12. Henri ("Monsieur" de Valois de St. Remy (Governor of Chateauvillain, Count de St-Remy, Baron de) Fontette) 1557–1621 m. Chrétienne (de Luze (Dame de) Bazoilles) 1560–1636
    1. 1. Robert (de Valois De) Saint-Rémy 1590–1675
    2. 2. Denis (de Valois De) Saint-Rémy 1599–1621
    3. 3. Francois (de Valois De Saint-Rémy (Baron of Fontette and) Essoyes) 1593–1645
    4. 4. Jacques (de Valois De) Saint-Rémy 1599–1621
    5. 5. Marguerite (de Valois Of) Fontette-Noyes 1601–1675
    6. 6. René (de Valois De Saint-Rémy (Baron van St. Rémy Heer van Fontette)) I 1595–1663
    7. 7. Daisy (de Valois De) Saint-Rémy 1601–1675
    8. 8. John (de Valois Of) Fontette-Noyes 1599–1621
    9. 9. Maria (Margarete de Valois De) Saint-Rémy 1601–1621
  13. 13. Queen (Marguerite de) Valois 1553–1615 m. Prince (Henry Alexandre Edouard de Valois) III 1551–1589
  14. 14. Diane (de) Valois 1538–1619

King Valois's Timeline

8 Records

1519
31 Mar 1519
Birth of King Henry Ii Valois in Saint-Germain-en-Laye,Departement des Yvelines,Île-de-France,France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye,Departement des Yvelines,Île-de-France,France
1519
31 March 1519
Birth of King Henry Ii Valois in Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1519
31 March 1519
Birth of King Henry Ii Valois in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
1519
31 March 1519
Birth of King Henry Ii Valois in Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1519
31 Mar 1519
Birth of King Henry Ii Valois in Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1559
10 July 1559
Age 40
Death of King Henry Ii Valois in Palais De Tourne, Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Killed in a Joust by a lance through the eye.
Palais De Tourne, Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Killed in a Joust by a lance through the eye.
1559
10 Jul 1559
Age 40
Death of King Henry Ii Valois in Place des Vosges, Paris, Ile-de-France, Kingdom of France
Place des Vosges, Paris, Ile-de-France, Kingdom of France
1559
10 July 1559
Age 40
Death of King Henry Ii Valois in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1519
    Event Place: Saint-Germain-en-Laye,Departement des Yvelines,Île-de-France,France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 March 1519
    Event Place: Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 March 1519
    Event Place: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 March 1519
    Event Place: Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1519
    Event Place: Royal Chateau de Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 July 1559
    Event Place: Palais De Tourne, Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Killed in a Joust by a lance through the eye.
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jul 1559
    Event Place: Place des Vosges, Paris, Ile-de-France, Kingdom of France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 July 1559
    Event Place: Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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