Joan of France (1556)

Joan of France
Louis, Duke of Orléans, Victoria and Joan.
Born	(1556-06-24)24 June 1556 Fontainebleau, France
Died	24 June 1556(1556-06-24) (aged 0) Fontainebleau, France
House	House of Valois
Father	Henry II of France
Mother	Catherine de' Medici

Joan of France was a daughter and the twin sister of Victoria of France, the last child born to King Henry II of France and his wife, Catherine de' Medici.

Catherine's confinement for this birth came on 24 June 1556. Joan did not survive and lay dead in her mother's womb for several hours. Eventually, her arm had to be broken to extricate her. Her sister Victoria survived but died a month later.

Because the twins' birth nearly cost their mother her life, the king's physician advised the king that there should be no more children; therefore, the king stopped visiting his wife's bedroom and spent all his time with his longtime mistress, Diane de Poitiers.

Ancestors

Family of Joan of France (1556)

John, Count of Angoulême Charles, Count of Angoulême Marguerite de Rohan Francis I of France Philip II, Duke of Savoy Louise of Savoy Margaret of Bourbon Henry II of France Charles I de Valois, Duke of Orléans Louis XII of France Marie of Cleves Claude of France Francis II, Duke of Brittany Anne, Duchess of Brittany Margaret of Foix Joan de Valois Lorenzo de' Medici Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici Clarissa Orsini Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo Alfonsina Orsini Caterina Sanseverino Catherine de Medici Bertrand VI of Auvergne John III, Count of Auvergne Louise de la Tremoille Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme Isabelle de Beauveau