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Elisabeth of Valois

1545 - 1568

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Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois; 2 April 1546 – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth of Valois is the 72nd most popular companion (down from 58th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from France (down from 326th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Companion.

Elisabeth of Valois was the daughter of King Charles IX of France and his wife, Queen Catherine de Medici. She was married to King Philip II of Spain in 1559. Elisabeth of Valois is most famous for being the mother of King Philip III of Spain.

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Among companions, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 72 out of 784. Before her are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Anne of Cleves, Queen Sonja of Norway, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Désirée Clary, and Zainab bint Muhammad. After her are Zayd ibn Harithah, Julia Domna, Claude of France, Anne of Kiev, Sepp Dietrich, and Abigail.

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Among people born in 1545, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 4. Before her are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Yi Sun-sin, and Carlos, Prince of Asturias. After her are Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Túpac Amaru, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Powhatan, Anna of Sweden, Azai Nagamasa, and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha. Among people deceased in 1568, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 2. Before her is Carlos, Prince of Asturias. After her are Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Lady Katherine Grey, Jacques Arcadelt, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Stanislaus Kostka, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 353 out of 6,770. Before her are Sophie Germain (1776), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Éliphas Lévi (1810), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), and William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825). After her are Georges de La Tour (1593), Philip the Bold (1342), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Anne of Brittany (1477), Louis Renault (1843), and Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 9. Before her are Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Madame du Barry (1743), Brigitte Macron (1953), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), Philippa of Hainault (1314), and Désirée Clary (1777). After her are Claude of France (1499), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Isabella of France (1295), Emma of Normandy (985), and Queen Anne of Romania (1923).

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