Victoria of France

Victoire of France (French: Victoire de France; 24 June 1556 – 17 August 1556) and her twin sister Joan were the last children born to King Henry II of France and his wife, Catherine de' Medici.

Victoire of France
Louis, Duke of Orléans, Victoria and Joan.
Born	24 June 1556 Fontainebleau, France
Died	17 August 1556 (age 1 month 24 days) Amboise, France
House	Valois-Angoulême
Father	Henry II of France
Mother	Catherine de' Medici

Their mother's confinement came on 24 June 1556. Although Joan died in the womb, Princess Victoria survived the birth—only to die a little more than a month later.

Because their birth very nearly cost their mother her life, the king's physician advised the king that there should be no more children; therefore, Henry II stopped visiting his wife's bedroom and spent all his time with his longtime mistress, Diane de Poitiers.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Victoria of France

16. John, Count of Angoulême[1] 8. Charles, Count of Angoulême[2] 17. Marguerite de Rohan[1] 4. Francis I of France[3] 18. Philip II, Duke of Savoy[2] 9. Louise of Savoy[2] 19. Margaret of Bourbon[2] 2. Henry II of France 20. Charles, Duke of Orléans[4] 10. Louis XII of France[5] 21. Marie of Cleves[4] 5. Claude, Duchess of Brittany[3] 22. Francis II, Duke of Brittany[6] 11. Anne, Duchess of Brittany[5] 23. Margaret of Foix[6] 1. Victoria of Valois 24. Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici[7] 12. Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici[7] 25. Clarissa Orsini[7] 6. Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino[8] 26. Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo[9] 13. Alfonsina Orsini[7] 27. Caterina Sanseverino[9] 3. Catherine de' Medici 28. Bertrand VI, Count of Auvergne[8] 14. John III, Count of Auvergne[8] 29. Louise de La Trémoille[8] 7. Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne[8] 30. John VIII, Count of Vendôme[10] 15. Jeanne of Bourbon[8] 31. Isabelle de Beauvau[10]

References

Citations

1. Anselme 1726, p. 209.
2. Anselme 1726, pp. 210–211.
3. Anselme 1726, pp. 131–132.
4. Anselme 1726, pp. 207–208.
5. Anselme 1726, pp. 126–128.
6. Anselme 1726, pp. 463–465.
7. Tomas 2003, p. 7.
8. Whale 1914, p. 43.
9. Tomas 2003, p. 20.
10. Anselme 1726, p. 324.

Sources

• Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Père (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires.
• Tomas, Natalie R. (2003). The Medici Women: Gender and Power in Renaissance Florence. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-0777-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Whale, Winifred Stephens (1914). The La Trémoille family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. p. 43.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)