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The Echo of the Pomegranate
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Catherine of Spain and her Husband Henry III of France
The Echo of the Pomegranate
On 1580, on the death of Francis II of France, the Kingdom of Navarre and Foix-Bearn inheritance is merged to the French throne since the wife of the newly crowned King Charles IX of France is Jeanne III of Navarre and the Dauphin also the heir to the Foix-Bearn and Navarrese inheritance and the marriage of Catherine of Spain and Dauphin Henry is the heir to the two realms and Catherine of Spain proved to produce heirs for France and Navarre.
Catherine and Henry were pressured to consummate their marriage to prevent a possibility of annulment, but Henry ignored his bride, to add to this the Queen of Navarre, her mother in law, Jeanne d’ Albret did not like her.
Catherine of Spain would produce two children, Louis(September 5, 1577) and Philippe(September 21, 1583) after having a couple of stillbirths and miscarriages just like her grandmother, Catherine of Aragon which worried her husband, Dauphin, Henry and chilled their relations but they recovered when Catherine finally gave birth to her two children, the Dauphin Henry would say that she is similar to her grandmother, Catherine of Aragon.
Catherine of Spain and her Husband Henry III of France
The Echo of the Pomegranate
On 1580, on the death of Francis II of France, the Kingdom of Navarre and Foix-Bearn inheritance is merged to the French throne since the wife of the newly crowned King Charles IX of France is Jeanne III of Navarre and the Dauphin also the heir to the Foix-Bearn and Navarrese inheritance and the marriage of Catherine of Spain and Dauphin Henry is the heir to the two realms and Catherine of Spain proved to produce heirs for France and Navarre.
Catherine and Henry were pressured to consummate their marriage to prevent a possibility of annulment, but Henry ignored his bride, to add to this the Queen of Navarre, her mother in law, Jeanne d’ Albret did not like her.
Catherine of Spain would produce two children, Louis(September 5, 1577) and Philippe(September 21, 1583) after having a couple of stillbirths and miscarriages just like her grandmother, Catherine of Aragon which worried her husband, Dauphin, Henry and chilled their relations but they recovered when Catherine finally gave birth to her two children, the Dauphin Henry would say that she is similar to her grandmother, Catherine of Aragon.
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