Elisabeth of Bourbon

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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.

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:

(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.)

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


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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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