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
  Birth	19 Jan 1544	Fontainebleau, Seine et Marne, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Dec 1560	Orleans
  Siblings	9 Siblings
  1. Roy Francois II de France,   b. 19 Jan 1544, Fontainebleau, Seine et Marne, France d. 5 Dec 1560, Orleans  (Age 16 years) ▻ Queen Maria Stuart,  m. 24 Apr 1558 + 2. Elisabeth de Valois,   b. 2 Apr 1545, Fontainebleau, Seine et Marne, France d. 3 Oct 1568, Aranjuez  (Age 23 years) ▻ Rey Felipe II d' Espana,  m. 28 Jun 1559 + 3. Claude de France,   b. 1547   d. 1575  (Age 28 years) ▻ Herzog Karl II (III) von Lothringen,  m. 1559   4. Louise de France,   b. 1549   d. 1550  (Age 1 year) + 5. Roy Charles de France, IX,   b. 27 Jun 1550, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France d. 20 Nov 1574, Vincennes, Île-de-France, France  (Age 24 years) ▻ Elisabeth von Österreich,  m. 26 Nov 1570 ;   Marie Touchet   6. Roy Henry de France, III,   b. 19 Sep 1551, Fontainebleau, Seine et Marne, France d. 2 Aug 1589, Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France  (Age 37 years) ▻ Prinzessin Louise de Mercoeur,  m. 1575 ;   Françoise Babou de la Bourdaisière   7. Marguerite de Valois,   b. 14 May 1553, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France d. 27 Mar 1615, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 61 years) ▻ Roy Henry de France, IV,  m. 18 Aug 1572   8. Duc Francois Hercule d' Alencon,   b. 1554   d. 1 Jun 1584  (Age 30 years)   9. Victoiree de France,   b. 1556   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Jeanne de France,   b. 1556   d. Yes, date unknown
  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, France (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Catherine di Medici,   b. 13 Apr 1519, Firenze, Toscana, Italia d. 15 Jan 1589, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1533	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
  Family ID	F3413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

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  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.