Marie Elisabeth of France (Blooming Roses)

Marie Elisabeth of France (27 October 1572 - 2 April 1617) was the only child of Charles IX of France and Elisabeth of Austria. During the French Wars of Religion, her grandmother Catherine de Medici ordered the deaths of her males cousins because they were Protestant. Once England and Guelders regained the upper hand Queen Isabella personally negotiated with Henry III for Marie Elisabeth's hand for one of her sons. It was soon decided that Marie Elisabeth would be raised in England alongside her future husband, the Duke of Kent.