Elisabeth of France

   1) (1545-1568)

   princess, queen of Spain

   Born at Fontainebleau, Elisabeth of France was the daughter of King henry II and Catherine de' medici. She married Philip II of Spain, who had requested her in marriage for his son Charles (Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, 1559). She died in childbirth.

   2) (1764-1794) (Madame)

   princess, sister of Louis XVI

   Born at Versailles, Madame Elisabeth-Philippine-Marie-Hélène of France was the daughter of the dauphin and Marie-Josèphe of saxony, and the sister of King louis XVI. Pious, and entirely devoted to her brother, she was, during the revolution of 1789, held in the Temple prison with the royal family (1792) after their flight to varennes. she was then transferred to the Conciergerie before being condemned to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined.