Henri D'Orléans (other)
Henri d'Orléans may refer to: *Henry II of France (1519–1559), a French king of the house of Valois *Henri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1568–1595), a French aristocrat and soldier *Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822–1897), fifth son of King Louis-Philippe of France *Prince Henri of Orléans (1867–1901), a French aristocrat and explorer *Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), a former pretender to the French throne *Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019) Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (Prince ''Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans''; 14 June 1933 – 21 January 2019), was the Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne as Henry VII. He was head of the House of Orléans as senio ...

Henry II Of France
Henry II (french: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536. As a child, Henry and his elder brother spent over four years in captivity in Spain as hostages in exchange for their father. Henry pursued his father's policies in matters of art, war, and religion. He persevered in the Italian Wars against the Habsburgs and tried to suppress the Reformation, even as the Huguenot numbers were increasing drastically in France during his reign. Under the April 1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis which ended the Italian Wars, France renounced its claims in Italy, but gained certain other territories, including the Pale of Calais and the Three Bishoprics. These acquisitions strengthened French borders while the abdication of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in January 1556 and division of h ...
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