Francis II of France (Tudor Line)

Francis II of France was born on 28 February 1518 to king Francis I and Claude of France. Within a year it was decided that his future bride would be Mary, daughter of Henry VIII of England. Mary was sent to be raised in France soon afterwards and they became close. They were married in 1534 and soon they had their first child, who became known as Louis XIII, however happiness was not to last, Claude had already died in 1535 and when tubercollosis killed the king, Prince Henry and his wife, Henry's daghter Margaret had to be brought up by Francis, as if Louis's sister. Francis and Mary were celebrated across France as the best monarchs, their coronation was however canceled many times before Paris was finally illness-free (1541). Francis grew more and more found of Mary as the years went by and was much in greef after her death in 1561. Most of his life was spent outside showing off and thou loved, he almost emptied the coffers, so in 1571 an increase in taxes, this was not very popular, but lords were so hypnotised by his greatness they all said yes. In 1573 he was buried in one of the biggest burials, 100 000 people attended and Louis XIII didn't officially had himself crowned until a month later.