Insignias of Henri II of France (left one in French Henry H) and Catherine de Medicis in a chimney of Chenonceau Castle.
He married in 1533 to Catherine de Medicis with whom he had ten children, while maintaining a love affair with Diane de Poitiers who became official in 1536. Diane de Poitiers had a significant influence on the king and, though in another order, I was also influenced by the Condestable Anne de Montmorency, as well as his nephews (Gaspar de Coligny, and Andelot Francois d'Odet Cardinal de Chatillon) which received the full confidence of Henry II.
Business rescue of Bologna with the British in 1550. Through the Treaty of Chambord in 1552 secured the alliance of France with the Protestant princes of Germany against Charles V and was authorized to Metz, Toul and Verdun.
In 1552 the three occupied bishop belonging to the Holy Roman Empire whose annexation to France was not recognized until 1648 when it signed the Peace of Westphalia.
In 1558 the Duke of Guise and the French navy recover Calais, last English possession of the French territory.