Biography of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain 1545-1568

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme 1436-1475

1547 Death of King Francis I of France Accession of Henry II

1554 Marriage of Queen Mary with Philip II of Spain

1558 Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and the Francis Dauphin of France

1558 Death of Mary I

1559 Henry II of France Dies Francis and Mary "Queen of Scots" Succeeds

1560 Death of King Francis II of France

On 28th October 1533 [her father] King Henry II of France [aged 14] and [her mother] Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. He the son of [her grandfather] King Francis I of France [aged 39] and [her grandmother] Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. They were sixth cousins.

On 12th November 1543 [her future husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 16] and Maria Aviz [aged 16] were married at Salamanca [Map]. She the daughter of John III King Portugal [aged 41] and Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Portugal [aged 36]. He the son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor [aged 43] and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain. They were double first cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 2nd April 1545 Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain was born to [her father] King Henry II of France [aged 26] and [her mother] Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 25].

Death of King Francis I of France Accession of Henry II

On 31st March 1547 [her grandfather] King Francis I of France [aged 52] died. His son [her father] Henry [aged 28] succeeded II King France: Capet Valois Angoulême.

On 24th October 1550 [her brother] Louis Valois Duke Orléans [aged 1] died.

Marriage of Queen Mary with Philip II of Spain

On 25th July 1554 [her future husband] Prince Philip of Spain [aged 27] and Queen Mary [aged 38] were married by Bishop Stephen Gardiner [aged 71] at Winchester Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland and Catherine of Aragon Queen Consort England. He the son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor [aged 54] and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

John Gage [aged 74] bore the queen's train.

Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague [aged 16] took part in the Bridal Procession.

Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and the Francis Dauphin of France

On 24th April 1558 [her brother] Dauphin of France [aged 14] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Queen of Scots [aged 15] were married at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. He by marriage King Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [aged 42]. He the son of [her father] King Henry II of France [aged 39] and [her mother] Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 39]. They were third cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 21st September 1558 Charles V Holy Roman Emperor [aged 58] died at the Monastery of Yuste [Map]. His son [her future husband] Philip [aged 31] succeeded II King Spain.

Death of Mary I

On 17th November 1558 Queen Mary I of England and Ireland [aged 42] died at St James's Palace [Map]. Her half sister Elizabeth [aged 25] succeeded I Queen of England. William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham [aged 31] was deputed with informing [her future husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 31].

Thomas Wendy [aged 58] attended the Queen as physician; the third monarch's death he attended.

In 1559 [her brother-in-law] Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine [aged 15] and [her sister] Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of [her father] King Henry II of France [aged 39] and [her mother] Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 39]. He the son of Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine and Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine [aged 37]. They were fourth cousins.

Henry II of France Dies Francis and Mary "Queen of Scots" Succeeds

On 10th July 1559 [her father] King Henry II of France [aged 40] was killed whilst jousting in celebration of his daughter's [aged 14] marriage to [her future husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 32]. His son [her brother] Francis [aged 15] succeeded II King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. [her sister-in-law] Mary Queen of Scots [aged 16] by marriage Queen Consort France. They would reign for eighteen months only with Francis dying in Dec 1560. Francis and Mary would have no issue.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 20th July 1559. The xx day of July [her husband] kyng Phelype [aged 32] was mared [married] unto the [her father] Frenche kyng('s) [deceased] dowthur [aged 14], and grett justes mad ther, and the Frenche kyng dyd just [joust], and ther he had on of ys ees stryken owtt with a spyld [splinter] of a spayre, that he ded of the stroke, by one (blank).

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

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On 20th July 1559 Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 32] and Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. She the daughter of King Henry II of France [deceased] and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 40]. He the son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Death of King Francis II of France

On 5th December 1560 Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [aged 16] died, possibly from an ear abscess, in the Hotel Groslot, Orléans. On 23rd December 1560 he was buried at the Basilica of St Denis [Map]. His brother Charles [aged 10] succeeded IX King France: Capet Valois Angoulême; his mother Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 41] acted as Regent. His wife Mary Queen of Scots [aged 17] returned to Scotland arriving at Leith 19th August 1561 after having been in France for thirteen years.

Around 1563 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 31]. Portrait of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [aged 17].

On 25th July 1564 Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 61] died at Vienna [Map]. His son Maximilian [aged 36] succeeded II Holy Roman Emperor. [her sister-in-law] Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 36] by marriage Holy Roman Empress. His son Ferdinand [aged 35] succeeded II Archduke Austria. Philippine Welser Archduchess Austria [aged 37] by marriage Archduke Austria.

On 25th July 1564 [her sister-in-law] Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 36] was appointed Holy Roman Emperor.

On 12th August 1566 [her daughter] Infanta Isabella Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 39] and Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [aged 21]. She married her first cousin Albert Habsburg Spain VII Archduke Austria, son of Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress.

On 10th October 1567 [her daughter] Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy was born to [her husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 40] and Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [aged 22]. She married 1584 her first cousin once removed Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy, son of Emmanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy and Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy, and had issue.

On 24th July 1568 [her step-son] Carlos Habsburg Spain [aged 23] died.

On 3rd October 1568 Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [aged 23] died.

In 1570 [her former husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 42] and Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 42] and [her former sister-in-law] Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 41]. He the son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain. They were uncle and niece. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 13th September 1598 [her former husband] Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 71] died. His son Philip [aged 20] succeeded III King Spain.

Around 1599 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 67]. Portrait of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain.

[her son] Unamed Habsburg Spain was born to Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain and Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain.

Royal Ancestors of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain 1545-1568

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great Grand Daughter of Louis XII King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain 1545-1568
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [1]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [1]

Ancestors of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain 1545-1568

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles V of France 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan

Great x 3 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Valois 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan

GrandFather: King Francis I of France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Valois Countess Savoy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip "Landless" Savoy II Duke Savoy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Janus of Cyprus

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anglesia Visconti

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: King Henry II of France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles V of France 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Duke Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan

Great x 3 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Valois 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis XII King France 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montfort V Duke Brittany 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Montfort 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Montfort II Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Valois 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Count Foix

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret Countess Foix

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marguerite Foix Duchess Brittany 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Évreux Queen Consort Aragon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cosimo de Medici "The Elder"

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piero di Cosimo de Medici

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lorenzo de Medici

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco di Simone Tornabuoni

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucrezia Tornabuoni

Great x 1 Grandfather: Piero "The Unfortunate" de Medici

Great x 4 Grandfather: Orso Orsini

Great x 3 Grandfather: Giacomo Orsini

Great x 2 Grandmother: Clarice Orsini

GrandFather: Lorenzo de Medici Duke of Urbino

Mother: Catherine Medici Queen Consort France 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand IV Count Auvergne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bertrand Auvergne V Count Auvergne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie I Countess Auvergne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jean IV Count Auvergne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Georges de La Trémoille

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise de La Trémoïlle

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine de L'Isle-Bouchard

GrandMother: Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Bourbon Duchess Bourbon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme