From Wikipedia:
"On 30 June 1559, at the Place des Vosges in Paris, during a match to celebrate the Peace Treaty 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, King Henry was mortally wounded by the lance of Gabriel Montgomery, captain of the King's Scottish Guard. The lance pierced his eye and, despite the efforts of royal surgeon Ambroise Paré, he died on 10 July 1559 and was buried in a cadaver tomb in Saint Denis Basilica...
...Henry was succeeded by his son, Francis II, who died the following year and was succeeded by his two brothers. Their mother acted as Regent. For the forty years following Henry II's death, France was filled with turbulence as Protestants and Catholics fought the bitter Wars of Religion."
So, WI Henry had more luck and isn't hit by the lance? What could be the consequences for France and Europe of an alive Henry II? If he lives as long as his father he could have lived maybe more 15 years, surviving both the futures Francis II and Charles IX. How would a living Henry II affect the Wars of Religion?
"On 30 June 1559, at the Place des Vosges in Paris, during a match to celebrate the Peace Treaty 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, King Henry was mortally wounded by the lance of Gabriel Montgomery, captain of the King's Scottish Guard. The lance pierced his eye and, despite the efforts of royal surgeon Ambroise Paré, he died on 10 July 1559 and was buried in a cadaver tomb in Saint Denis Basilica...
...Henry was succeeded by his son, Francis II, who died the following year and was succeeded by his two brothers. Their mother acted as Regent. For the forty years following Henry II's death, France was filled with turbulence as Protestants and Catholics fought the bitter Wars of Religion."
So, WI Henry had more luck and isn't hit by the lance? What could be the consequences for France and Europe of an alive Henry II? If he lives as long as his father he could have lived maybe more 15 years, surviving both the futures Francis II and Charles IX. How would a living Henry II affect the Wars of Religion?