Post by san⋅guine on Jan 24, 2016 22:49:17 GMT -5
Name: Alexandre Édouard de France
Titles: Henry III of France, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Angoulême, Duke of Orléans, Duke of Anjou
Alias: Henri Valois, Henryk Walezy, Henrikas Valua, Daniel DiTomasso, Killian Gardiner
Clan: Toreador
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Parents: King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici
Siblings: Francis II of France, Charles IX of France, Louis of Valois, Margaret of Valois, Elisabeth of Valois
Half Sibling(s): Sebastian Olivier Tudor de Poitiers
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Love Interest: Siobhan Lothbrok
Past Relationship(s): Louise of Lorraine
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Year Born: September 19, 1551
Year Ghouled: 1583
Year Embraced: August 2, 1589
Heritage: French, Italian
Place of Birth: Château de Fontainebleau, France
Residence: --, Agricola
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 210 lbs
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Green
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Disciplines: Auspex, Celerity, Presence
Out of Clan: Protean, Obfuscate, Dominate, Fortitude, Potence
Personality: Creative, Intelligent, Selfish, Passionate, Ruthless
Brief History: Henry was born at the royal Château de Fontainebleau, the fourth son of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici and grandson of Francis I of France and Claude of France. His older brothers were Francis II of France, Charles IX of France, and Louis of Valois. He was made Duke of Angoulême and Duke of Orléans in 1560, then Duke of Anjou in 1566.
He was his mother's favourite; she called him chers yeux ("precious eyes") and lavished fondness and affection upon him for most of his life. His elder brother, Charles, grew to detest him, partially because he resented his better health.
In his youth, Henry was considered the best of the sons of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II. Unlike his father and elder brothers, he had little interest in the traditional Valois pastimes of hunting and physical exercise. Although he was both fond of fencing and skilled in it, he preferred to indulge his tastes for the arts and reading. These predilections were attributed to his Italian mother.
At one point in his youth he showed a tendency towards Protestantism as a means of rebelling. At the age of nine, calling himself "a little Huguenot," he refused to attend Mass, sang Protestant psalms to his sister Margaret (exhorting her all the while to change her religion and cast her Book of Hours into the fire), and even bit the nose off a statue of Saint Paul. His mother firmly cautioned her children against such behaviour, and he would never again show any Protestant tendencies. Instead, he became nominally Roman Catholic.
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