The Queen Who Wore Mourning: Louise of Lorraine and the Ghost of the Valois

The History of The Queen Who Wore Mourning: Louise of Lorraine and the Ghost of the Valois – Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups. She was the queen who turned her sorrow into legend. When King Henry the Third of France was slain by an assassin’s blade, his young queen, Louise of Lorraine, dressed herself in white — the color of mourning — and withdrew into silence. Known to history as The White Queen of Mourning, she wandered candlelit halls and empty palaces like a living ghost, her grief becoming the final elegy of the Valois dynasty.

💤 This slow-paced, cinematic story is crafted for grown-ups who crave calm, reflective storytelling before sleep. Set in the fading courts of sixteenth-century France, it drifts through love, loss, and the haunting beauty of devotion that survives death itself. It’s the true story of a forgotten queen who lived between this world and the next — bound by memory, faith, and undying love.

In this story, you’ll experience:
The marriage of Louise of Lorraine and King Henry the Third — and the tragic fall of the Valois.
The assassination that ended a dynasty and began a haunting.
The queen’s retreat into spiritual solitude and legend.
The transformation of grief into grace — and the eternal echo of love beyond the grave.

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📌 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Childhood in Lorraine and Bar
25:55 - Meeting the Anjou Prince: Henry’s Choice
51:35 - Queen of France: Crowning and Wedding
1:17:06 - The Valois Court and the Wars of Religion
1:41:41 - Love, Loyalty and Loss
2:05:12 - The White Queen Emerges
2:28:38 - Dowager Life, The Ghost of Valois, and the Château of Black Walls
2:54:58 - Final Years and Legacy

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