Henry II of France suffered an untimely death.
Henry II of England . This controversy lasted for much of the 1160s and resulted in Becket 's murder in 1170 . Decisively defeated by Philip and Richard and suffering from a bleeding ulcer , Henry retreated to Chinon in Anjou , where he died . Henry II ( Henri II 31 March 1519 -- 10 July 1559 ) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559 . The second son of Francis I , he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis III , Duke of Brittany , in 1536 . Henry suffered an untimely death in a jousting tournament held to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis at the conclusion of the Eighth Italian War .