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Francis I de Valois King of France
(1494-1547)
Claude de France
(1499-1524)
Henry II de Valois King of France
(1519-1559)
Catherine de Medici Queen of France
(1519-1589)

Elizabeth de Valois Princess of France
(1545-1568)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Philip II of Spain Habsburg

Elizabeth de Valois Princess of France 1695

  • Born: 2 Apr 1545 1695
  • Marriage (1): Philip II of Spain Habsburg in 1559 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain 1695
  • Died: 3 Oct 1568 at age 23 1695

bullet   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth de France.1695

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bullet  General Notes:

Elizabeth of Valois (April 2, 1545 - October 3, 1568) was a daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.

She married Philip II of Spain ("Philip the Catholic"), son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel of Portugal. The marriage was a consequence of the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559).

Although she did not produce him an heir, they had two daughters, Isabella Clara Eugenia (December 8, 1566; Segovia - December 12, 1633; Brussels) and Catherine Micaela of Spain (October 10, 1567 - November 6, 1597). Sofonisba Anguissola, the first Italian woman artist to win international recognition, served as Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting from 1559 to 1569, and painted Elizabeth's portrait.

Elizabeth died in childbirth in 1568 while delivering an infant that would have been a male heir for Philip if it had survived.

The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia became the major vehicle of her father's unsuccessful claims to the thrones of England and France. Philip married her to her Habsburg cousin, Archduke Albert (1559-1621), who was made regent of the Spanish Netherlands in 1598. Their joint reign coincided with a golden age for the Habsburg Netherlands.

After Albrecht died, the archduchess ruled as a governor in the name of her nephew, the king of Spain, for the last twelve years of her life. They had no children.

Catherina Michaella, Elizabeth's younger daughter, was married to Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy, and was the mother of Vittorio Amedeo. 1696


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Elizabeth married Philip II of Spain Habsburg in 1559 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.1695 (Philip II of Spain Habsburg was born on 21 May 1527 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain 1695 and died on 13 Sep 1598 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain 1695.)



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