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Encyclopedia > Elisabeth of Bourbon
Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV of Spain
Elisabeth of France, portrait by Diego Velázquez
Elisabeth of France, portrait by Diego Velázquez

Élisabeth de Bourbon (November 22, 1602 - October 6, 1644), was the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second Queen Marie de' Medici. Download high resolution version (716x900, 73 KB)Portrait of Philip IV 1652-53 Oil on canvas, 47 x 37,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna http://www. ... Download high resolution version (716x900, 73 KB)Portrait of Philip IV 1652-53 Oil on canvas, 47 x 37,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna http://www. ... Image File history File links IsabellavonBourbon2. ... Image File history File links IsabellavonBourbon2. ... For others named Velázquez, see Velazquez (disambiguation). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the year. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Henry IV (French: Henri IV; December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610), was the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty in France. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Portrait of Marie de Medici. ...


In 1615, Élisabeth was married to the future Philip IV of Spain. She was Queen of Spain from 1621 to 1644. This marriage followed a tradition of cementing military and political alliances between the Catholic powers of France and Spain with royal marriages. The tradition went back to the marriage of King Philip II of Spain with the French princess, Élisabeth de Valois, the daughter of King Henry II of France, in 1559 as part of the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis. They were parents to seven children: Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... Philip IV (), (April 8, 1605 – September 17, 1665) was King of Spain from 1621 to 1665 and also King of Portugal until 1640. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... 1621 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Philip II (Spanish: Felipe II de Habsburgo; Portuguese: Filipe I) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was the first official King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until 1598, King of England (as King-consort of Mary I) from 1554 to 1558, King... Elizabeth of Valois, by Sofonisba Anguissola, 1565 Elizabeth de Valois (April 2, 1545 – October 3, 1568) was a daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici. ... Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 – July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from March 31, 1547, until his death. ... January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is an agreement reached between Elizabeth I of England and Henry II of France on April 2 and between Henry II and Philip II of Spain on April 3, 1559, at Le Cateau-Cambrésis, around twenty kilometres south-east of Cambrai, that ended...

(Elisabeth of France was also the official title of Madame Elisabeth (1764-1794), sister of King Louis XVI of France, who was guillotined, like him, during the French Revolution.) This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Marie Thérèse redirects here. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Sun King redirects here. ... Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène of France (May 3, 1764 - May 10, 1794), commonly called Madame Élisabeth, was the daughter of Louis, dauphin de France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, and the younger sister of King Louis XVI. The princess was born at Versailles in 1764. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Louis XVI (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ... The Maiden, an older Scottish design. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on...


Ancestors

Elisabeth of France's ancestors in three generations
Elisabeth of France Father:
Henry IV of France
Paternal Grandfather:
Antoine of Navarre
Paternal Great-grandfather:
Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Françoise d'Alençon
Paternal Grandmother:
Jeanne III of Navarre
Paternal Great-grandfather:
Henry II of Navarre
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Marguerite de Navarre
Mother:
Marie de' Medici
Maternal Grandfather:
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Eleonora di Toledo
Maternal Grandmother:
Johanna of Austria
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
Preceded by
Margaret of Austria
Queen Consort of Spain, Naples and Sicily
Duchess Consort of Brabant, Guelders, Limburg, Lothier and Luxembourg
Countess Consort of Flanders, Burgundy, Hainaut and Namur

1621-1644
Succeeded by
Mariana of Austria
Queen Consort of Portugal
1621-1640
Succeeded by
Luisa of Medina-Sidonia
Countess Consort of Artois
1621-1640
Succeeded by
to France


 

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