In January 1575, the French envoy Claude Pinart visited Sweden to see Elizabeth, but as she was with her brother Charles in Nyköping, the princess refused to join John III in Stockholm to meet with Pinart who instead had to travel to Nyköping to see her. The marriage was almost decided upon when the French king unexpectedly announced that he himself had decided to marry Louise of Lorraine-Vaudémont instead of Elizabeth.
