caption father house death_date death_place birth_place mother birth_date image article_title name
louis . , duke of orléans , victoria and joan henry ii of france house of valois 24 june 1556 fontainebleau , france fontainebleau , france catherine de ' medici 24 june 1556 180px joan of france -lrb- 1556 -rrb-
 joan of france
joan of france -lrb- 1556 -rrb-

joan of france was a daughter and the twin sister of victoria of france , the last child born to king henry ii of france and his wife , catherine de ' medici .
catherine 's confinement for this birth came on 24 june 1556 .
joan did not survive and lay dead in her mother 's womb for several hours .
eventually , her arm had to be broken to extricate her .
her sister victoria survived but died a month later .
because the twins ' birth nearly cost their mother her life , the king 's physician advised the king that there should be no more children ; therefore , the king stopped visiting his wife 's bedroom and spent all his time with his longtime mistress , diane de poitiers .
