Her father was Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler ... Charles IX died in 1574 and Catherine's favourite son Henry succeeded as Henry III of France. She continued to play a central role ...

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard ... by papal decree to the young French prince who would become Henry II. The bride’s father-in-law, the king of France, was ...

who later became King Henry II following the death of his elder brother, Francis. As for how Catherine de Medici came to be ...

Starz‘s new costume drama The Serpent Queen introduces its thorniest historic heroine yet: Catherine de’ Medici. Orphaned young in life and abandoned for years in a convent, Catherine de ...

Miss Sichel treats of the youth of Catherine de Medici, the Court of Henry II., the reign of François 11., Jeanne de Navarre, the Council of Poissy, the Huguenots, Ronsard, Bernard Palissy ...

In Kathleen Wellman’s book “Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France,” Henry and Diane de Poitiers became romantically involved the year after he married Catherine de Medici; Henry was 15 ...

Henry reigned until 1610. Today, he’s remembered as one of France’s greatest rulers. Tapestry depicting a ball held by Catherine de' Medici in 1573. According to McIlvenna, Catherine's ...

“Catherine de’ Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent ... In 1533, she was wed to Henry of the House of Valois in France, second son of King Francis I. He became dauphin upon the death ...