(3)Elisabeth of Valois(1545 – 1568), daughter ofKing Henri II of FranceandCatherine de’ Medici. They were married by proxy in 1559 at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France and then in person in Guadalajara, Spain. Philip and Elisabeth conceived five daughters and a son but only two of...
Henry VIII took the throne in 1509 at age 17, and married Catherine of Aragon six weeks later. Over the next 15 years, while Henry fought three wars with France, Catherine bore him three sons and three daughters, all but one of whom died in infancy. The sole survivor was Mary (laterMa...
Kamen, Henry (1965). The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300180519. Kamen, Henry (2001). Philip V of Spain: The King who Reigned Twice. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08718-7. Kamen, Henry (2002). Spain's Road to Empire (2003 ed.). Allen...
he attempted to impose the will of the Holy Roman Empire in central Europe. He returned to his wife 18 March 1557 to request her support in the war against France. He left again four months later never to return. Mary did embroil England in a war with France on behalf of his interests...
The King's Colonials - The Badges, History, Uniforms, Medals and Nominal Rolls of the King's Colonials, King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse
Bess may have met Sir William Cavendish, while staying at Bradgate Park with Lady Frances Brandon, Marchioness of Dorset. Frances was a granddaughter of King Henry VII and the mother of the ill-fatedLady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen. Cavendish was twice-widowed, mature and rather rich, ...
king (1547-1559),France Notable Family Members: spouseCatherine de Médici fatherFrancis I motherClaude of France daughterMargaret of Valois sonFrancis II sonHenry III sonFrançois, duc d’Anjou sonCharles IX (Show more) Show More Henry II(born March 31, 1519,Saint-Germain-en-Laye, nearParis...
Diane De Poitiers was the mistress of Henry II of France. Throughout his reign she held court as queen of France in all but name, while the real queen, Catherine de Médicis, was forced to live in comparative obscurity. Diane seems to have concerned hers
soon after James’s coronation as king of England, aconferenceof churchmen requested that the English Bible be revised because existing translations “were corrupt and not answerable to the truth of the original.” The Great Bible that had been authorized byHenry VIII(1538) enjoyed some popularity...