Catherine de’ Medici: Facts & Related Content


Facts

Also Known As Catherine de Médicis • Caterina de’ Medici
Born April 13, 1519 • FlorenceItaly
Died January 5, 1589 (aged 69) • BloisFrance
House / Dynasty Medici family
Notable Family Members spouse Henry II • father Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, duca di Urbino • daughter Margaret of Valois • son Henry III • son Francis II • son François, duc d’Anjou • son Charles IX
Role In Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s DayWars of Religion

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Gaspard II de Coligny
Gaspard II de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon
French admiral and Huguenot leader
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Henry III
Henry III
king of France and Poland
Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
French military leader
Charles IX, portrait by an unknown artist, 16th century; in the Musée de Versailles, France.
Charles IX
king of France
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
French military leader
Charles de Bourbon, count de Soissons
French count and soldier
Jules Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
French cardinal and statesman
Marie de Médicis, detail of a portrait by Peter Paul Rubens; in the Prado, Madrid.
Marie de Médicis
queen of France
Pierre de Brazza
French explorer
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat