Monsieur François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (French: Hercule François; 18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine...
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Louis XIV (redirect from Louis Francis, Duke of Anjou)
Duke of Burgundy (1682–1712) Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707–1712) (1) Louis, Duke of Anjou (1710–1774) Philip V of Spain (1683–1746) Charles, Duke of Berry...
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resumption of the French Wars of Religion. In the conflict between Henry III of France and the Malcontents, she took the side of Francis, Duke of Anjou, her...
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the death of Henry's younger brother Francis, Duke of Anjou, and when it became apparent that Henry would not produce an heir, the Wars of Religion developed...
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Capetian dynasty (redirect from Miracle of the House of Capet)
IX of France, 1550-1574 Henry III of France, 1551-1589 Francis, Duke of Anjou, 1555-1584 Charles II of Valois, Duke of Orléans, 1522-1545 Louis I of Anjou...
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French Fury (category Battles of the Eighty Years' War)
The "French Fury" was a failed attempt by Francis, Duke of Anjou, to conquer the city of Antwerp by surprise on 17 January 1583. During the Eighty Years'...
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(formally the duke of Anjou) created further conflict, known as the War of the Three Henries (1584–1588). At the death in 1584 of Francis, Duke of Anjou, the king's...
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of Charles, Duke of Berry, the king's brother, the Count of Charolais, the Dukes of Brittany, Bourbon, Lorraine (then a member of the House of Anjou)...
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House of Valois-Anjou (French: Maison de Valois-Anjou, Italian: Casa Valois-Angiò) was a noble French family and cadet branch of the House of Valois...
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Catherine de' Medici (redirect from Catherine of Medici)
Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1533, at the age of 14, Catherine married Henry, the second son of King Francis I and Queen...
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Elizabeth I (redirect from Elizabeth I of Great Britain)
princes in turn, first Henry, Duke of Anjou, and then from 1572 to 1581 his brother Francis, Duke of Anjou, formerly Duke of Alençon. This last proposal...
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Margaret of Anjou (French: Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from...
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Francis, Duke of Anjou, in 1584, which made the Protestant King Henry of Navarre the heir to the French throne, led to a new civil war, the War of the Three...
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gained control of the area. In 1360, the count was raised to a dukedom becoming known as duke of Anjou, subsequently leading the Duchy of Anjou. The title...
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(1494–1506) Charles II (1506–1555) Philip IV (1555–1598) usurpation by Francis, Duke of Anjou (Valois) (1582–1584) Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert (1598–1621)...
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Elizabeth I. It is written in the form of a meditation on the failure of her marriage negotiations with Francis, Duke of Anjou, but has also been attributed to...
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IV of France) Hercules, born 18 March 1555, later known as Francis, Duke of Alençon and Anjou Victoire, born 24 June 1556, died 17 August 1556 Joan, born...
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of heir presumptive, Francis, Duke of Anjou (Henry III's brother), on 10 June 1584, which made the Protestant Henry of Navarre heir to the throne of the...
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The Virgin Queen (TV serial) (category Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I)
episode begins with Elizabeth's courtship with Francis, Duke of Anjou, and ends just following the destruction of the Spanish Armada. During her near death...
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le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Normandy by his marriage claim, and conquest...
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Jacques de Harlay (category Year of birth unknown)
écuyer) to her brother Francis, Duke of Anjou. On 20 August 1582, he married Catherine de La Marck, lady of Bréval (born 1548), daughter of Robert IV de La Marck...
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This is a list of adoption dates of the Gregorian calendar by country. For explanation, see the article about the Gregorian calendar. Except where stated...
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death of Francis, Duke of Anjou, brother and heir to the Catholic Henry III, who had succeeded Charles IX in 1574. Given that Henry of Navarre was the next...
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The extinction of the main Medici dynasty and the accession in 1737 of Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine and husband of Maria Theresa of Austria, led to...
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The Duchy of Anjou (UK: /ˈɒ̃ʒuː, ˈæ̃ʒuː/, US: /ɒ̃ˈʒuː, ˈæn(d)ʒuː, ˈɑːnʒuː/; French: [ɑ̃ʒu] ; Latin: Andegavia) was a French province straddling the lower...
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became part of the expanded appanage of his brother Francis, Duke of Anjou) for the duchies of Auvergne and Bourbon. After Francis of Anjou's death in 1584...
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who was negotiating for Elizabeth to marry the King of France's brother, Francis, Duke of Anjou. By getting the French diplomat involved in the knighting...
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Edward Stafford (diplomat) (redirect from Edward Stafford of Grafton)
between Elizabeth and Francis, Duke of Anjou. After he was appointed ambassador to Paris in 1583, he took money from Henry I, Duke of Guise in return for...
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29 April 1417) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390...
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was between 1579 and 1581, when she was courted by Francis, Duke of Anjou, the son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Despite Elizabeth's...
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