Francis II de Valois 1695
Oldest son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici. On April 24. 1558 he married the two years older Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots in the Cathedral Notre Dame -de-Paris. He succeeded his father 14 months later. His mother was overwhelmed by grief and retired for some time to her palace. By this time François was considered to be of age and although he had always been sick and a bit mentally unstable there was no regent appointed for him. He choose the two brothers François and Charles de Guise, his wife's uncles, as his advisors. Due to his state of health they were able to reign the Kingdom by themselves. By the spring of 1560 the opposition to the Guise, supported by the Queen Mother was very powerful and threatened to escalate into a civil war. During a hunting trip he got an ear infection which worsened with every passing day and ended with an abscess in his brain. When the Queen Mother saw her sons end coming she pressured Antoine de Bourbon to give up his right to act as a regent for the next King. She also convinced the dying King to sign a statement in which he declared he had always acted alone and didn't follow his advisors. The Guise had demanded such a statement for their agreement to Catherine's contract with Antoine. He was succeeded by his brother Charles IX. Cathrine very successfully acted as Charles regent until 1563. 1694
1. Acceded: King of France, 10 Jul 1559-5 Dec 1560. 1696
Francis married Mary Stuart Queen of Scots on 24 Apr 1558 in Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France.1696 (Mary Stuart Queen of Scots was born on 8 Dec 1542 in Lothian, Scotland,1696 died on 8 Feb 1587 in Northamptonshire, England 1696 and was buried in Westminster Abbey (London, England) 1697.). The cause of her death was Execution: Beheaded.1695
Notre Dame 1696 |
Cause of his death was Ear infection that worsened and caused an abscess in his brain..