Kuka päivitti Henry II of France?

Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) 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 1536.

As a child, Henry and his elder brother spent over four years in captivity in Spain as hostages in exchange for their father. Henry pursued his father's policies in matters of art, war, and religion. He persevered in the Italian Wars against the Habsburgs and tried to suppress the Reformation, even as the Huguenot numbers were increasing drastically in France during his reign.

Under the April 1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis which ended the Italian Wars, France renounced its claims in Italy, but gained certain other territories, including the Pale of Calais and the Three Bishoprics. These acquisitions strengthened French borders while the abdication of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in January 1556 and division of his empire between Spain and Austria provided France with greater flexibility in foreign policy. Nostradamus also served King Henry as physician and astrologer.

In June 1559, Henry was injured in a jousting tournament held to celebrate the treaty, and died ten days later after his surgeon, Ambroise Paré, was unable to cure the wound inflicted by Gabriel de Montgomery, the captain of his Scottish Guard. Though he died early, the succession appeared secure, for he left four young sons – as well as a widow (Catherine de' Medici) to lead a capable regency during their minority. Three of those sons lived long enough to become king; but their youth and sometimes infirmity, and the unpopularity of Catherine's regency, led to challenges to the throne by powerful nobles, and helped to spark the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants, and an eventual end to the House of Valois as France's ruling dynasty.

Diane de Poitiers (3. syyskuuta 1499 tai 9. tammikuuta 1500 Saint-Vallier'n linna, Drôme, Ranskan kuningaskunta – 25. huhtikuuta 1566 Anet'n linna Eure-et-Loir, Ranskan kuningaskunta) oli ranskalainen aatelisnainen ja Frans I:n sekä kuningas Henrik II:n hovin merkittävä hovinainen.

Hänen titteleitään olivat Normandian suur-senesalkk (Madame la Grande Sénéchale), Saint-Vallier'n kreivitär sekä Valentinois'n ja Étampes'n herttuatar.

Jane Stuart est un nom pouvant désigner:

• Jane Stuart (Lady Fleming) (1502-1562), courtisane écossaise
• Jane Stuart (en) (c. 1654-1742), Quaker anglaise
• Jane Stuart (en) (1812-1888), peintre portraitiste américaine

Filippa Duci (or Ducci), dame de Couy (French: Philippe Desducs; 1520 – before October 1586) was an Italian-born French noblewoman, the mistress of Henry II and the mother of Diane de France.

Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590) was a French noblewoman. She was a mistress to Henry II of France in 1556–57.