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Catherine de’ Medici — Queen of France, mother of three kings, regent during the Wars of Religion
A Florentine married at fourteen for a pope’s support, long eclipsed by a favourite, she governed for thirty years after her husband’s death by marrying, negotiating and manoeuvring between two parties bent on destroying each other. Three of her sons reigned. (Editorial synthesis)
Catherine de’ Medici was born on 13 April 1519 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Catherine de’ Medici was born in Florence. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Catherine de’ Medici died on 5 January 1589. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Catherine de’ Medici died in Blois. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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