Contents
Cover
Title page
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
Copyright