Victoria of France

Victoire of France (French: Victoire de France; 24 June 1556 – 17 August 1556) and her twin sister Joan were the last children born to King Henry II of France and his wife, Catherine de' Medici.

Victoire of France
Born24 June 1556
Fontainebleau, France
Died17 August 1556 (age 1 month 24 days)
Amboise, France
HouseValois-Angoulême
FatherHenry II of France
MotherCatherine de' Medici

Their mother's confinement came on 24 June 1556. Although Joan died in the womb, Princess Victoria survived the birth—only to die a little more than a month later.

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

Ancestors

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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