Henri d'Angoulême
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Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême, sometimes called "Henri, bâtard de Valois" or "Henri de France", was a Légitimé de France, cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion.
Portrait engraving of Henri d'Angoulême
Tapestry detailing the Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573)
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
Henri d'Angoulême
…Valois" or "Henri de France", was a Légitimé de France, cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion. Henri was born the bastard son of Henri II of France and his mistress Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, an illegitimate daughter of James IV of Scotland. Being the most highly favored natural son of the King…
Portrait by François Clouet, 1559
Henry as a child
Henry II enters Metz following the 1552 Treaty of Chambord
Henry II