Henry II of France - Ancestors and Descendants

Ancestors and Descendants

Ancestors of Henry II of France
16. Louis I, Duke of Orléans
8. John, Count of Angoulême
17. Valentina Visconti
4. Charles, Count of Angoulême
18. Alain IX of Rohan
9. Marguerite de Rohan
19. Marguerite of Brittany
2. Francis I of France
20. Louis, Duke of Savoy
10. Philip II, Duke of Savoy
21. Anne of Cyprus
5. Louise of Savoy
22. Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
11. Margaret of Bourbon
23. Agnes of Burgundy
1. Henry II of France
24. Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans
12. Charles I de Valois, Duke of Orléans
25. Valentina Visconti
6. Louis XII of France
26. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
13. Marie of Cleves
27. Mary of Burgundy
3. Claude, Duchess of Brittany
28. Richard of Brittany
14. Francis II, Duke of Brittany
29. Marguerite d'Orléans
7. Anne, Duchess of Brittany
30. Gaston IV, Count of Foix
15. Margaret of Foix
31. Eleanor of Navarre

See Children of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici

Henry II also had three illegitimate children:

  • By Filippa Duci:
Diane, duchesse d'Angoulême (1538–1619). At the age of fourteen, the younger Diane married Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castro, who died young in battle. Her second marriage was to François, duc de Montmorency.
  • By Lady Janet Stewart (1508–1563), the illegitimate daughter of James IV of Scotland:
Henri d'Angoulême (1551 – June 1586). He was legitimized and became governor of Provence.
  • By Nicole de Savigny:
Henri de Saint-Rémy (1557–1621). He was given the title of comte de Saint-Rémy. One of his last descendants was Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Comtesse de la Motte, famous for her role in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace at the court of Louis XVI.

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