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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch...
5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ... Francis, Catherine exercised little influence in France. She was young, a foreigner, in a country that ha...
11: ...r the accession of her sickly son [[Francis II of France]] at age 15. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary...
15: ...g the minority of her second son, [[Charles IX of France]], and found before her a career worthy of the mo... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...on, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
4: ...re]]. Marguerite was the sister of [[Francis I of France]], and Jeanne grew up at the French court. When s...
6: ...ath of Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourb...
12: ...he siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood."
25: ...nce|Henri IV]], [[List of French monarchs|King of France]] ([[1553]]-[[1610]]) - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...e notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
3: ...rles VII]] who served the court of [[Francis I of France|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duches...
5: ...ar-old Henri d'Orl顮s, later to be [[Henry II of France|King Henri II]]. Although King Henri II fulfilled...
11: ...en Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the [[Chateau d'Anet]] built for her, and ga... - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
2: ...les Cardinal Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] served as France's [[Religious minister|chief minister]].
6: ...r four-year-old son was crowned King Louis XIV of France. Anne assumed the regency but entrusted the gover... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ...ay 27]], [[1615]]), "Queen Margot" was Queen of [[France]] and [[Navarre]]. She should not be confused wi...
4: ...rles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...ter Henri de Navarre and eventually [[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]]), the son of the Protestant [[Jeanne d...
12: ...itle of queen. Her ex-husband would become one of France's most beloved monarchs.
14: ...Charles IX of France|Charles IX]], [[Henri III of France|Henri III]] and her former husband, Henri IV that... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
17: ..., son of [[Francis I of France|Francis I, King of France]]. After three years, the contract was repudiate...
33: ...'s younger sister, [[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk]], and the Duke o...
51: ...ion was that the [[Pope Paul IV|Pope]] sided with France against Spain. English forces fared badly in the...
79: ... |Queen of England]], [[English Kings of France | France]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland| Ireland]], [[Fidei de...
81: ...of England, [[List of Spanish monarchs | Spain]], France, Jerusalem, both the Sicilies and Ireland, Defend... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
31: ...ted them to break their traditional alliance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scot...
35: ... of France|Henri II]], was now proposing to unite France and Scotland by marrying the little Queen to his ...
37: ... the French fleet sent by Henri II sailed back to France from Dumbarton carrying the five-year-old Queen o...
39: ==Life in France== - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
8: ...g of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, wit...
26: ...arried [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Louis XVI of France]] (1754-1793); had issue
31: ...d occupying [[Silesia]]. While [[Bavaria]] and [[France]] also invaded Austrian western territories, it w...
33: In [[1748]], [[France]] gave the Austrian Low Countries that it conquer... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what beca...
27: ...die'' was threatening to the governing classes of France because it takes for granted the justice of [[rel... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
45: ...ersburg a despatch to the effect that the king of France by reason of the condition of his dominions absol...
47: ...Great Britain, in return for which signal service France was to throw all her forces into the German war. ... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
27: - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
43: ==Conflict with France and Scotland==
44: ...ife of the [[France|French]] King [[Francis II of France|Francis II]]. In 1559, Mary had declared herself...
46: ...ly gave aid to the Huguenots. She made peace with France in [[1564]]; she agreed to give up her claims to ...
51: ...'s younger sister, [[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk]]; the heir in th...
55: ...ttish nobles was deemed too cruel; sending her to France would put a powerful pawn in the hands of the Fre... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
15: ...ta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acq...
28: ...or to a member of his family, which was then in [[France]]. Nevertheless, noticing the necessity of a Prot...
31: ...is death, leaving the five-year-old [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] on the throne.) England had also been...
38: ...cotland would restore the [[Auld Alliance]] (with France)—responded with the [[Alien Act 1705]], whi...
47: ...ust as damaging to British interests as a loss to France. The Tories were ready to compromise by giving Sp... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
35: ... wage war with the King of France, [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. In general, William was away from th...
44: ...and, [[List of Monarchs of Scotland | Scotland]], France and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, etc.".
46: ...andquarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (for [[France]]) and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
46: ...is-Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s [[coup d'鴡t|coup]] in France without previously consulting the Prime Minister. - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
9: ...valent of marriage) at the Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[December 13]], [[1470]]. - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
3: ...f Valois was the daughter of King [[Charles VI of France]] and [[Isabeau de Bavi貥]]. She was born on Oc... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: '''Diana, Princess of Wales''' (Diana Frances [[Mountbatten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of [[Ch...
78: ...ter) and [[Michael Jay]] (Britain's ambassador to France).
80: ...fter their visits, the Anglican [[Archdeacon]] of France, Father [[Martin Draper]], said commendatory pray... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: ...ick]], was negotiating a marriage alliance with [[France]]. When the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville beca... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...ret was born in the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter of [[Rene I of Naples]], Duke of ...
18: ...to France, she made an ally of King [[Louis XI of France]], and at his instigation she allowed an approach...
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