Joan of France (1556)

Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France; born and died 24 June 1556) was the twin sister of Victoria of France and the last child born to King Henry II of France and his wife, Catherine de' Medici.

Joan of France
Louis, Duke of Orléans, Victoria and Joan.
Born24 June 1556
Fontainebleau, France
Died24 June 1556(1556-06-24) (aged 0)
Fontainebleau, France
HouseValois-Angoulême
FatherHenry II of France
MotherCatherine de' Medici

Catherine's confinement for this birth came on 24 June 1556. Joan did not survive and lay dead in her mother's womb for several hours. Eventually, her legs had to be broken to extricate her. Her sister Victoria survived but died a month later.

Because the twins' birth nearly cost their mother her life, the king's physician advised the king that there should be no more children; therefore, the king stopped visiting his wife's bedroom and spent all his time with his longtime mistress, Diane de Poitiers.

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References

Citations

  1. Anselme 1726, p. 209.
  2. Anselme 1726, pp. 210–211.
  3. Anselme 1726, pp. 131–132.
  4. Anselme 1726, pp. 207–208.
  5. Anselme 1726, pp. 126–128.
  6. Anselme 1726, pp. 463–465.
  7. Tomas 2003, p. 7.
  8. Whale 1914, p. 43.
  9. Tomas 2003, p. 20.
  10. Anselme 1726, p. 324.

Sources

  • Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Père (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires.
  • Tomas, Natalie R. (2003). The Medici Women: Gender and Power in Renaissance Florence. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-0777-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Whale, Winifred Stephens (1914). The La Trémoille family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. p. 43.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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