Ambroise Paré was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds. He was also an anatomist, invented several surgical instruments, and was a member of the Parisian barber surgeon guild.
Posthumous, fantasy portrait by William Holl
The title page of Ambroise Paré's Oeuvres
Frontispiece of Oeuvres D'Ambroise Paré, 1628
Henry II was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536.
1559 portrait
Henry as a child
Henry II enters Metz following the 1552 Treaty of Chambord
Henry II