Editing Henry II of France (section)

==Death==
[[File:Tournament between Henry II and Lorges.jpg|thumb|The fatal tournament between Henry II and [[Gabriel, comte de Montgomery|Montgomery]] (Lord of "Lorges")]]

Henry II was an avid hunter and a participant in [[Jousting|jousts]] and tournaments. On 30 June 1559, a tournament was held near [[Place des Vosges]] to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis with his longtime enemies, the Habsburgs of Austria, and to celebrate the marriage of his daughter [[Elisabeth of Valois]] to King [[Philip II of Spain]]. During a jousting match, King Henry, wearing the colours of his mistress [[Diane de Poitiers]],{{sfn|Wellman|2013|p=213}} was wounded in the eye by a fragment of the splintered lance of [[Gabriel, comte de Montgomery|Gabriel Montgomery]], captain of the King's [[Garde Écossaise|Scottish Guard]].{{sfn|Baumgartner|1988|p=250}} Despite the efforts of royal surgeons [[Ambroise Paré]] and [[Andreas Vesalius]], the court doctors ultimately "advocated a wait-and-see strategy";<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zanello |first1=Marc |last2=Charlier |first2=Philippe |last3=Corns |first3=Robert |last4=Devaux |first4=Bertrand |last5=Berche |first5=Patrick |last6=Pallud |first6=Johan |date=Jan 2015 |title=The death of Henry II, King of France (1519–1559). From myth to medical and historical fact |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25421951/ |journal=Acta Neurochir (Wien) |volume=157 |issue=1 |pages=145–149 |doi=10.1007/s00701-014-2280-9 |pmid=25421951 |s2cid=24693363 |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> as a result, the king's untreated eye and brain damage led to his death by [[sepsis]] on 10 July 1559.{{sfn|Baumgartner|1988|p=252}} His autopsy found that he had a cerebral abscess and the infection that he got through sepsis probably travelled to his brain.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Eftekhari |first1=Kian |last2=Choe |first2=Christina H. |last3=Vagefi |first3=M. Reza |last4=Eckstein |first4=Lauren A. |date=May 2015 |title=The last ride of Henry II of France: Orbital injury and a king's demise |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2014.09.001 |journal=Survey of Ophthalmology |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=274–278 |doi=10.1016/j.survophthal.2014.09.001 |pmid=25890627 |issn=0039-6257}}</ref> He was buried in a [[cadaver tomb]] in [[Saint Denis Basilica]]. Henry's death played a significant role in the decline of jousting as a sport, particularly in France.{{sfn|Barber|Barker|1989|pp=134, 139}}

[[File:Henri II et Catherine de Médicis.JPG|thumb|left|Tombs of Henry II of France and his wife [[Catherine de' Medici]] in [[Basilica of St Denis]], Paris]]

As Henry lay dying, Queen Catherine limited access to his bedside and denied Diane de Poitiers permission to see him, even though he repeatedly asked for her. Following his death, Catherine sent Diane into exile, where she lived in comfort on her own properties until her death.{{sfn|Wellman|2013|p=213}}

It was the practice to enclose the heart of the king in an urn. The Monument to the Heart of Henry II is in the collection of the [[Louvre]], but was originally in the Chapel of Orleans beneath a pyramid. The original bronze urn holding the king's heart was destroyed during the French Revolution and a replica was made in the 19th century. The marble sculpture of the [[Charites|Three Graces]] holding the urn, executed from a single piece of marble by [[Germain Pilon]], the sculptor to [[Catherine de' Medici]], survives.{{sfn|Goldberg|1966|pp=206–218}}

Henry was succeeded by his sickly fifteen-year-old son, [[Francis II of France|Francis II]].{{sfn|Knecht|1997|p=59}} Francis was married to sixteen-year-old<!--[Mary's age at the death of Henri II: {{Age|1542|12|8|1559|7|10}}]--> [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], who had been his childhood friend and fiancée since her arrival at the French court when she was five<!--[Mary's age upon arrival at St.-Germain-en-Laye, mid October 1548: {{Age|1542|12|8|1548|10|15}}]-->.{{sfn|Baumgartner|1988|pp=67–69}} Francis II died in December 1560, and Mary returned to Scotland in August 1561.{{sfn|Fraser|1991|p=900}} Francis II was succeeded by his ten-year-old brother [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]]. His mother, [[Catherine de Medici]], acted as [[regent]].{{sfn|Knecht|1997|p=72}}