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    Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...
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    and Pope Leo XI (1605)—and two queens of France—Catherine de' Medici (1547–1559) and Marie de' Medici (1600–1610). In 1532, the family acquired the hereditary...
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    same period. His daughter Catherine de' Medici became Queen Consort of France, while his illegitimate son, Alessandro de' Medici, became the first Duke of...
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    Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife...
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    Pope Clement VII (Latin: Clemens VII; Italian: Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and...
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    Room Garden of Catherine de Médicis Second-floor hall The garden maze Wine cellar Chapel View from the Garden of Catherine de Médicis In the zombie apocalyptic...
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    with Cardinal Passerini. Many of the Medicis’ main supporters fled Florence; but eight-year-old Catherine de' Medici was left behind. Alessandro lived in...
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    Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April...
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  • The Serpent Queen (category Cultural depictions of Catherine de' Medici)
    an American historical drama television series about the life of Catherine de' Medici, the 16th century Queen of France, as portrayed by actress Samantha...
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    queen Catherine de' Medici was patron for building projects including the Valois chapel at Saint-Denis, the Tuileries Palace, and the Hôtel de la Reine...
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    Countess of Fondi. He loved Catherine de' Medici, but they never married. Alessandro de' Medici once caught him and Catherine de' Medici in a private embrace...
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    1507–1563. Paris: E. Champion. Mariéjol, Jean-Hippolyte (1979) [1920]. Catherine de Médicis. Tallandier. Rahlenbeck, Charles (1881). Metz et Thionville sous...
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    entertainments, sometimes called magnificences, were laid on by Catherine de' Medici, the queen consort of France from 1547 to 1559 and queen mother from...
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    Catherine de' Medici was a patron of the arts made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance. Catherine was inspired by the example of her father-in-law...
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    would marry Francis, Duke of Anjou, son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. In 1570 it was feared Eleanor had contracted smallpox but this was...
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    Cosimo Ruggeri (category Household of Catherine de' Medici)
    the queen regent of France, Catherine de Medici. He was the subject of many legends in the folklore of Catherine de Medici, and reputed as a master of...
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    Blois; M. d'Aramon installed a museum of medieval arts in the "Tour de Catherine de Médicis". By 1851 the "Chaumont suite" of the early-16th century Late Gothic...
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    ISBN 978-0786474707. Retrieved 3 September 2022. Cloulas, Ivan (1979). Catherine de Médicis. Fayard. Constant, Jean-Marie (1984). Les Guise. Hachette. Constant...
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    to marry their grand-niece Catherine de' Medici to the future Henry II of France, claiming that such an important Medici heir should marry within Italy...
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    appeared secure, for he left four young sons – as well as a widow (Catherine de' Medici) to lead a capable regency during their minority. Three of those...
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    Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Queen Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre started a few days after...
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    10 June 1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. He was scarred by smallpox at age eight, and his pitted face and...
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    transferred to Christina after the death of Queen Catherine de' Medici of France and thus assumed by future Medici rulers. Ferdinando's foreign policy attempted...
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    Diane's colors. In 1533, Henry married Catherine de' Medici despite opposition to the alliance, since the Medicis were no more than merchant upstarts in...
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    Henry IV. Margaret was the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici and the sister of Kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. Her...
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    Isabella Romola de' Medici (31 August 1542 – 16 July 1576) was a Tuscan noblewoman and the daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany...
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  • Medici villas Villa del Trebbio Villa di Castello Santi Severino e Sossio, Naples Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Medici. History of Florence...
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    1559, after the accidental death of her husband, Henry II, Queen Catherine de' Medici decided to leave her residence of the Hôtel des Tournelles, at the...
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    this policy of appeasement and at the instigation of his mother Catherine de' Medici, Charles oversaw the massacre of numerous Huguenot leaders who gathered...
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    drame au bord de la mer, 1834) Maître Cornélius (1831) The Red Inn (L'Auberge rouge, 1831) About Catherine de' Medici (Sur Catherine de Médicis, 1842) The...
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