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  1. 1 day ago · Catherine de’ Medici wearing the black cap and veil of widow, after 1559. Workshop of François Clouet (1510–1572) The decadent descriptions of 16th-century chateaux interspersed with political intrigue and fleeting intimacies make for a rich narrative tapestry.

  2. 1 day ago · The Medici produced four popes of the Catholic Church—Pope Leo X (1513–1521), Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) and Pope Leo XI (1605)—and two queens of FranceCatherine de' Medici (1547–1559) and Marie de' Medici (1600–1610).

  3. 4 days ago · He aided in the marriage negotiations for the king's son the duc d'Orléans to Catherine de Medici in 1533. In the mid 1530s he found himself opposed to the war party at court led by Admiral Chabot and therefore retired.

  4. 15 hours ago · Shields’ ancestry includes connections to Queen Elizabeth as her 18th cousin once removed through Henry II of France. Her family tree also features figures like Catherine de Medici, Lucrezia Borgia, Charlemagne, El Cid, William the Conqueror, and King Harold II. Ellen Degeneres Ronpaulrevolt2008/Openverse

  5. 2 days ago · Denis Gilbert trawled the shops of Paris for rings and stones, and a lapidary called Badouet supplied 58 emerald buttons. Two merchants from Lyon, Pierre Vast and Michel Fauré, supplied a faceted diamond set in a shield for the necklace that Catherine de' Medici gave Mary on her wedding day. The diamond cost 380 livres.

  6. Hi, I am reading a book about Catherine de' Medici and Michel de L'Hopital is playing a small part. Since my background is math, the name L'Hopital makes me think only of L'Hopital's Rule, so I searched to see if it was the same person. It's most definitely not the same person, and about 150 years separate the two.

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  8. 5 days ago · Every prince needs a wife, and in 1533, Henry's family married the 14-year old off to Catherine de Medici, an Italian noblewoman from the notorious and notoriously fat-pursed de Medici clan.

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