Elisabeth of Valois
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Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois, was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain.
Portrait by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, c. 1605
This painting by Eugène Isabey depicts Elisabeth, dressed more like a widow than a bride, swooning as she is led to the carriage that will bear her away from France to marry King Philip II of Spain. The Walters Art Museum
Elisabeth de Valois with her husband Philip II of Spain, from Catherine de Medici's Book of Hours
Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois and Isabella Clara Eugenia
Henry II of France
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Henry II was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1
Elisabeth of Valois
…October 1568), was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. Elisabeth was born in the Château de Fontainebleau, the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. She was raised under the supervision of the governor and governess of the royal children, Jean d'Humières and Françoise…
Portrait by François Clouet, 1559
Henry as a child
Henry II enters Metz following the 1552 Treaty of Chambord
Henry II