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The Valois continuity
The Valois continuity
On the evening of December 1 1576, Louise of Lorraine goes to labor and gives birth finally to the son and heir of her husband, she has been chosen as a replacement for Marie of Cleves by Henry III of France, she gives birth to a son named Francis who was born on December 2, 1576, he would be said to be the son of Cinderella, she is loved by her husband, Henry III deeply.
Louise of Lorraine is known as the Cinderella of France due to her own destiny as the wife of the King and as a queen mother which no one expected to happen due to her being impoverished at childhood.
Louise of France would give birth to another child, a daughter named Catherine May 10, 1580, named after her grandmother, in this time, Louise of Lorraine would support the match between her son Francis Arabella Stuart by Elizabeth I of England, a marriage for alliance between England and France, the marriage would have meant that the England would need to give up its claims to Calais and France and she herself would be the carrier of England’s claims to France, Arabella is sent to the turbulent french court on 1581, due to her future marriage to the future King of france her rights to the throne of England is forfeited and given to James VI of Scotland who is Elizabeth’s successor, Arabella and Louise would have good relations with each other and fond of each other, Louise treated Arabella as her own daughter.