Editing Henry II of France (section)

==Children==
{{see also|Descendants of Henry II of France}}
Catherine de' Medici bore ten of Henry's children:{{sfn|Anselme|1726|pp=134–136}}
*[[Francis II of France|Francis II]], born 19 January 1544, who married [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] 
*[[Elizabeth of Valois|Elizabeth of France]], born 2 April 1546, who married [[Philip II, King of Spain]]
*[[Claude of Valois|Claude]], born 12 November 1547, who married [[Charles III, Duke of Lorraine]]
*[[Louis of Valois (1549–1550)|Louis]], Duke of Orléans, born 3 February 1549, died 24 October 1550
*[[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]], born 27 June 1550, died 30 May 1574
*[[Henry III of France|Henry III]], born 19 September 1551, married [[Louise of Lorraine]] died 2 August 1589, also briefly King of Poland
*[[Marguerite de Valois|Margaret]], born 14 May 1553, who married Henry III, King of Navarre (later [[Henry IV of France]])
*[[François, Duke of Anjou|Hercules]], born 18 March 1555, later known as Francis, Duke of Alençon and Anjou
*[[Victoire of France (1556)|Victoire]], born 24 June 1556, died 17 August 1556
* Joan, born 24 June 1556, stillborn.

Henry II also had three illegitimate children:
* By [[Filippa Duci]]:{{sfn|Merrill|1935|p=133}}
** [[Diane de France|Diane, duchesse d'Angoulême]] (1538–1619). At the age of fourteen, she married [[Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castro]],{{sfn|Baumgartner|1988|p=70}} who died in battle in 1553. Her second marriage was to [[François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency|François, Duke of Montmorency]].{{sfn|Lanza|2007|p=29}}
* By [[Lady Janet Stewart]] (1502–1562), the illegitimate daughter of [[James IV of Scotland]]:{{sfn|Sealy|1981|p=206}}
** [[Henri d'Angoulême]] (1551 – June 1586).{{sfn|Wellman|2013|p=212}} He was legitimized and became governor of [[Provence]].
* By [[Nicole de Savigny]]:
** {{ill|Henri de Saint-Rémi|fr}} (1557–1621).{{sfn|Knecht|1997|p=38}} He was given the title of Count of Saint-Rémy. One of his last known descendants was [[Comtesse de la Motte|Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Countess de la Motte]], famous for her role in the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace]] at the court of [[Louis XVI]].