Elisabeth of valois, queen of spain

Queen of Spain. At the joust held to mark the wedding celebrations, however, Henry II was fatally injured by a lance wielded by a Calvinist noble, the Comte de Montgomery. The lance shattered Henry's helmet, pierced his eye, and entered his brain.

Elisabeth of valois siblings

Henry's death a few days later brought his oldest son and Elizabeth's brother, year-old Francis II , to the throne. When Elizabeth died in childbirth in , Catherine hoped King Philip II might marry her younger daughter, Elizabeth's sister Margaret of Valois , but Philip was determined to take his French connection no further, even though Elizabeth's death was mourned in Spain.

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