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Reign: 1547 - 1559

Concurrent English Monarchs:

Mary I (1553 - 1558)

Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603)

A second French monarch title by Professor Baumgartner.

Henry is famous for being on the throne at the time of the capture of Calais from the English (although the Duke of Guise did the deed) and for his death following a jousting accident. Henry VIII (of England) it might be recalled also suffered an injury in this way, but survived.

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Henry II: King of France, 1547-1559

By Frederic J. Baumgartner (1945-  )

Professor, VirginiaTech

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1988

ISBN  0822307952 / 9780822307952