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France 1553

December 9, 1553: Château Saint-Germain, Seine Valley, France

December 10, 1553

December 11, 1553: Rooftop of the Château

December 12, 1553

December 13, 1553: Royal barge on the Seine en route to Anet

Later

December 14, 1553: Château d’Anet

December 16, 1553

December 17, 1553

December 20, 1553: Château Blois

Later

Fifteen minutes later

December 21, 1553

December 22, 1553

Later

December 24, 1553

December 25, 1553

December 26, 1553

December 27, 1553

December 28, 1553

Later

December 31, 1553

January 2, 1554

January 3, 1554

January 4, 1554

January 5, 1554

Later

January 6, 1554

January 7, 1554

January 9, 1554

January 10, 1554

January 11, 1554

January 17, 1554: Le Louvre Palace, Paris

January 18, 1554

Later

January 19, 1554

January 20, 1554

January 21, 1554

January 22, 1554

Later

January 23, 1554: Just after midnight

January 24, 1553

January 26, 1554

January 27, 1554

February 1, 1554: Château Chambord

February 2, 1554

Later

February 3, 1554

Later

February 4, 1554

February 5, 1554

February 6, 1554

February 7, 1554

Later

February 8, 1554

Later

February 10, 1554

February 11, 1554

February 12, 1554

February 13, 1554

February 15, 1554

February 17, 1554

February 18, 1554

February 19, 1554

February 20, 1554

February 21, 1554

February 22, 1554

February 23, 1554

Later

Later still

February 24, 1554

February 25, 1554

February 27, 1554

February 28, 1554

March 1, 1554

March 2, 1554

March 3, 1554

March 4, 1554: The Inn of the Two Ducks near the
Rochereau Forest

Later

March 5, 1554: Abbey of Fontevrault

March 6, 1554: Convent of the Calvarian Sisters, Chinon

March 7, 1554

March 8, 1554: Château Meudon, near Paris

March 9, 1554

March 10, 1554

Later

March 11, 1554

Later

Midnight

March 16, 1554

March 17, 1554

March 18, 1554: Le Louvre Palace, Paris

March 19, 1554

March 21, 1554

March 24, 1554

March 26, 1554

March 31, 1554: Château Fontainebleau

April 1, 1554

Later

April 9, 1554

April 15, 1554

April 21, 1554

April 22, 1554

April 24, 1554

April 26, 1554

April 29, 1554

May 2, 1554

Two minutes later

May 4, 1554

Later

May 6, 1554

May 7, 1554

May 8, 1554

Later

May 9, 1554

May 12, 1554

Later

May 14, 1554

May 18, 1554

June 1, 1554

June 2, 1554

June 5, 1554

June 7, 1554

June 8, 1554

June 16, 1554: Anet

June 17, 1554

June 18, 1554

June 19, 1554

June 21, 1554

June 23, 1554

July 12, 1554: Chambord

July 15, 1554

July 16, 1554

July 19, 1554

July 24, 1554

July 26, 1554

July 29, 1554

Later

August 1, 1554

August 7, 1554: Blois

August 9, 1554

August 13, 1554

August 15, 1554

August 16, 1554

August 17, 1554

August 18, 1554

August 19, 1554

August 20, 1554

August 21, 1554

August 23, 1554

August 24, 1554

August 26, 1554

September 1, 1554

September 2, 1554

September 10, 1554

September 16, 1554: Meudon

September 17, 1554

September 18, 1554

September 21, 1554: Aboard the King’s royal barge,
one mile from Lyon

Later

October 5, 1554: Meudon

October 10, 1554

October 15, 1554

October 21, 1554

November 15, 1554

November 17, 1554

November 20, 1554

November 21, 1554

November 29, 1554

December 7, 1554: Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Later

Near midnight, December 7, 1554

Epilogue

Historical note

The Stuart–de Guise family tree

 

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