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The last day of June, 1559, was a gala day in Paris. The marriages of Philip II of Spain with Elizabeth of France, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici, and that of the French King's sister, Marguerite with Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, were to be celebrated. But "the torches of joy became funeral tapers" before nightfall, for Henry II was mortally wounded in the tournament given in honor of the occasion...
© 2018 Jovian Press (Ebook): 9781537819327
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History
The last day of June, 1559, was a gala day in Paris. The marriages of Philip II of Spain with Elizabeth of France, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici, and that of the French King's sister, Marguerite with Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, were to be celebrated. But "the torches of joy became funeral tapers" before nightfall, for Henry II was mortally wounded in the tournament given in honor of the occasion...
© 2018 Jovian Press (Ebook): 9781537819327
Release date
Ebook: 19 January 2018
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