Francis II of France

François II
François II
French Monarchy-
Capetian Dynasty
(Valois-Angoulême branch)

Francis I
Children
   Francis
   Henry II
   Madeleine of Valois
   Charles of Valois
   Margaret of Valois
Henry II
Children
   Francis II
   Elizabeth of Valois
   Claude of Valois
   Louis of Valois
   Charles IX
   Henry III
   Marguerite of Valois
   François, Duke of Anjou
   Joan of Volois
   Victoria of Volois
Francis II
Charles IX
Henry III

Francis II (French: François II) (January 19, 1544December 5, 1560) was a King of France (15591560). He was born at the Royal Chateau at Fontainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, the son of Henry II, King of France (March 31, 1519July 10, 1559) and Catherine de Medici (April 13, 1519January 5, 1589). He was also the grandson of Francis I, King of France and Claude de France and brother of Charles IX, King of France and Henry III, King of France


King consort of Scotland

His marriage to Mary Stuart was arranged by his father in 1548 when François was 4 years old. Mary had been crowned Queen of Scotland in Stirling Castle on September 9, 1543, at the age of nine months. Once the marriage agreement had been formally ratified, in 1548, Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland, sent her six-year-old daughter, Queen Mary, to France to be raised in the Royal Court until the marriage.

On April 24, 1558, the 14-year-old Dauphin was married to Mary, Queen of Scots in a union that would give the future King of France the throne of Scotland and a strengthened claim to the throne of England.

King of France

A year after his marriage, his father Henri II died, and François, still only 15 years old, was crowned King. His mother Catherine de Medici was appointed Regent, but it is considered that Mary's uncles François de Guise and Charles de Guise may actually have been the ones to hold the power in that period.

François II, who had always been a sickly child, died December 5, 1560 in Orléans, Loiret, at the age of 16 when an ear infection worsened and caused an abscess in his brain. King François II is buried in Saint Denis Basilica.

He was succeeded by his brother, Charles IX (June 27, 1550 - May 30, 1574).

Marriage

On April 24, 1558, he married Mary Stewart - "Marie Stuart" in French (Mary, Queen of Scots) (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587). They had no children.

Monarchical Styles of
King Francis II
Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi de France
Reference style His Most Christian Majesty
Spoken style Your Most Christian Majesty
Alternative style Monsieur Le Roi
Preceded by:
Mary of Guise
King Consort of Scotland
April 24, 1558 - December 5, 1560
Succeeded by:
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Preceded by:
Henry II
King of France
July 10, 1559December 5, 1560
Succeeded by:
Charles IX

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