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Nov 9, 2009 · Catherine de Medici. Piero’s son, also named Lorenzo, regained power in Florence, and his daughter Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) would become queen of France after marrying King Henry II ...
Catherine de Medici was born in 1519, in Florence in what is now in Italy. At the time however, Florence was in independent republic, where the powerful Medicis ruled supreme. The Roman Catholic Pope at the time, Leo X, was a Medici and Catherine’s great-uncle.
Marries at fourteen. Catherine was born in 1519, daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492; see entry), the powerful duke of Florence, Italy. Her mother died within a few days from puerperal fever (an infection that can follow childbirth) and her father succumbed to consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis) a week later.
The future Catherine de Medici, queen of France, was born on April 13, 1519. Three days later, she was baptized Caterina Maria Romola; by early May, she was an orphan. Her mother Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne died of puerperal fever on April 28, and her father Lorenzo de Medici died within five days, more the victim of his life's dissipations ...
Aug 26, 2011 · Catherine de’ Medici, wife of Henri II (r. 1547–1559) and mother of François II, Charles IX, and Henri III, never ruled in her own right, but she was perhaps the most influential—and controversial—figure at the center of French politics during one of the most troubled periods in French history. The combination of her lack of official ...
May 13, 2021 · This 1561 portrait depicts Catherine de' Medici standing alongside four of her children, including the newly crowned Charles IX. Public domain via Strawberry Hill House and Garden. Though ...
May 23, 2024 · The “Serpent Queen”, as Catherine de’ Medici was known by her enemies, had a rocky childhood. One month after her birth in April 1519, both parents – neither of whom was royal – were ...
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