April 3, 1559 · Picardy Theater
April 3, 1559
Bankrupt and frightened of the Protestant movements growing in both kingdoms, France renounced every claim in Italy it had pursued for sixty-five years. Spain kept Milan, Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia. To seal it, Henry II married his daughter to Philip II — and was killed weeks later in a tournament celebrating the wedding, a lance splinter through the eye.
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