Illustrated School History of the World, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time:
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was at first spent in shows and tournaments ; but, these losing their zest, he turned to the persecution 288 PERSECUTION OK I'lllO IIUOUKNOTS. f)(' (he llug'ueiiots. Even the coronation of his queen, ('athiirino de Medici, was celebrated by the hurninn- ol' several reformers. It was not lon^ before Henry became engaj^ed in war with Charles V. His "eneral, the Dukc^ of (Juisc; [(/loeez), n^pnlsed the emperor at the head of 100,000 men ; but in 1557, the French met with a disastrous defeat at the... liaiids of Philip 11., son of Charles, in the battle of St. Quentin. The followin- year, however, the Duke of CJuise took the city of Calais, which had been in possession of the English for more than two centuries. Henry II. was mortally wounded at a tournament in 1559, a splinter from his adversary's lance having pierced his brain. The crown fell to his son Francis II. Francis II., before the death of his father, had married Mary Stuart, the young queen of Scotland, daughter of James V., and niece of the Duke of Guise.
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