Editing Alexandre Dumas (section)

==== The Valois romances ====
The [[House of Valois|Valois]] were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589, and many Dumas romances cover their reign. Traditionally, the so-called "Valois Romances" are the three that portray the Reign of [[Margaret of Valois|Queen Marguerite]], the last of the Valois. Dumas, however, later wrote four more novels that cover this family and portray similar characters, starting with François or [[Francis I of France|Francis I]], his son [[Henry II of France|Henry II]], and Marguerite and [[Francis II of France|François II]], children of Henry II and [[Catherine de' Medici]].
# ''[[La Reine Margot (novel)|La Reine Margot]]'', also published as ''Marguerite de Valois'' (1845)
# ''[[La Dame de Monsoreau]]'' (1846) (later adapted as a short story titled "Chicot the Jester")
# ''[[The Forty-Five Guardsmen]]'' (1847) (''Les Quarante-cinq'')
# ''[[Ascanio (novel)|Ascanio]]'' (1843). Written in collaboration with [[Paul Meurice]], it is a romance of [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] (1515–1547), but the main character is Italian artist [[Benvenuto Cellini]]. The opera ''[[Ascanio]]'' was based on this novel.
# ''[[The Two Dianas]]'' (''Les Deux Diane'', 1846), is a novel about [[Gabriel, comte de Montgomery]], who mortally wounded King Henry II and was lover to his daughter [[Diana de Castro]]. Although published under Dumas's name, it was wholly or mostly written by Paul Meurice.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hemmings|first1=F. W. J.|title=Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance|date=2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1448204830|pages=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0j2MOu_ERwC&pg=PT130|language=en}}</ref>
# ''[[The Page of the Duke of Savoy]]'', (1855) is a sequel to ''The Two Dianas'' (1846), and it covers the struggle for supremacy between the Guises and Catherine de Médicis, the Florentine mother of the last three Valois kings of France (and wife of Henry II). The main character in this novel is Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.
# ''The Horoscope: a romance of the reign of François II'' (1858), covers François II, who reigned for one year (1559–60) and died at the age of 16.