Roy Francois II de France

1544 - 1560  (16 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Francois II de France
  Prefix	Roy
  Relationship	with Francis Fox
  Born	19 Jan 1544	Fontainebleau
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Dec 1560	Orleans
  Person ID	I7571	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2002

  
  

  Father	Roy Henry de France, II,   b. 31 Mar 1519, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France ,   d. 10 Jul 1559, Paris, Île-de-France, Fr  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Catherine di Medici,   b. 13 Apr 1519, Firenze, Toscana, Italia ,   d. 15 Jan 1589, Blois, Loir-et-Cher  (Age 69 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1533	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. Elisabeth de Valois,   b. 2 Apr 1545, Fontainebleau ,   d. 3 Oct 1568, Aranjuez  (Age 23 years)   2. Claude de France,   b. 1547,   d. 1575  (Age 28 years)   3. Louise de France,   b. 1549,   d. 1550  (Age 1 years)   4. Roy Charles de France, IX,   b. 27 Jun 1550, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France ,   d. 20 Nov 1574, Vincennes  (Age 24 years)   5. Roy Henry de France, III,   b. 19 Sep 1551, Fontainebleau ,   d. 2 Aug 1589, Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine  (Age 37 years)   6. Marguerite de Valois,   b. 14 May 1553, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France ,   d. 27 Mar 1615, Paris, Île-de-France, Fr  (Age 61 years)   7. Duc Francois Hercule d' Alencon,   b. 1554,   d. 1 Jun 1584  (Age 30 years)   8. Victoiree de France,   b. 1556,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Jeanne de France,   b. 1556,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Maria Stuart,   b. 8 Dec 1542, Linlithgow ,   d. 8 Feb 1587, Fotheringhay  (Age 44 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1558
  Aug 15, 1548 Mary lands in France to marry the future Francis II
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2002
  Family ID	F2055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  King of France (1559-1560). Francois II, the eldest son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, succeeded his father in 1559 at the age of fifteen; his mother acted as Regent. In the previous year, Francis II had married Mary, Queen of Scots. He left power in the hands of his wife's uncles, the de Guises, and they supported a repressive policy against the Protestants who were quick to react. In March 1560, in an attempt to remove Francis II from the de Guisest influence, the Protestants tried to kid­nap the Duke and the Cardinal of Guise and to place the King in the hands of the bloody princes. This was known as the Amboise Conspiracy. Informed about this plot, the Duke of Guise transfered the Blois court to Amboise, a palace which was easier to defend... Shortly after the conspirers were arrested. Their leader, 'La Renaudie' was killed in the Chateaurenaud forest. His followers died on the gallows or were hanged under the eyes of the Court from the battlements and bal­conies of the Amboise castle. The gallery of the king's residence was to bear the name "Balcony of the hanged men". The young king then died suddenly, without children, and the crown passed to his brother, Charles IX.