Victoria of 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.
Their mother's confinement came on June 24, 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
Ancestors of Victoria of France |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John, Count of Angoulême | | | | | | | | | Charles, Count of Angoulême | | | | | | | | | | | | | Marguerite de Rohan | | | | | | | | | Francis I of France | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Philip II, Duke of Savoy | | | | | | | | | Louise of Savoy | | | | | | | | | | | | | Margaret of Bourbon | | | | | | | | | Henry II of France | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Charles I de Valois, Duke of Orléans | | | | | | | | | Louis XII of France | | | | | | | | | | | | | Marie of Cleves | | | | | | | | | Claude of France | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Francis II, Duke of Brittany | | | | | | | | | Anne, Duchess of Brittany | | | | | | | | | | | | | Margaret of Foix | | | | | | | | | Victoria of Valois | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lorenzo de' Medici | | | | | | | | | Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici | | | | | | | | | | | | | Clarissa Orsini | | | | | | | | | Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo | | | | | | | | | Alfonsina Orsini | | | | | | | | | | | | | Caterina Sanseverino | | | | | | | | | Catherine de Medici | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bertrand VI of Auvergne | | | | | | | | | John III, Count of Auvergne | | | | | | | | | | | | | Louise de la Tremoille | | | | | | | | | Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme | | | | | | | | | Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme | | | | | | | | | | | | | Isabelle de Beauveau | | | | | | | |
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