Catherine de' Medici
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| Catherine de' Medici | ||
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| Portrait from the workshop of François Clouet, Template:C. 1560 | ||
| Tenure | 31 March 1547 – 10 July 1559 | |
| Coronation | 10 June 1549 | |
| Regency | 5 December 1560 – 17 August 1563 | |
| Monarch | Charles IX | |
| Born | 13 April 1519 Florence, Republic of Florence | |
| Died | 5 January 1589 (aged 69) Château de Blois, France | |
| Spouse | Henry II of France (m | |
| Issue | Francis II, King of France Elisabeth, Queen of Spain Claude, Duchess of Lorraine Louis, Duke of Orléans Charles IX, King of France Henry III, King of France Margaret, Queen of France Francis, Duke of Anjou Victoire Jeanne | |
| Full name | ||
| Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici | ||
| House | Medici | |
| Father | Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino | |
| Mother | Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne | |
| Burial | 4 April 1609 Saint Denis Basilica | |
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism | |
 
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Catherine de' Medici (; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French Kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, if at times varying, influence in the political life of France.
Issue[edit]
- François of France (later King François II) (19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) married Mary, Queen of Scots but had no issue.
- Élisabeth of France (2 April 1545 – 3 October 1568) married Philip II of Spain and had issue.
- Claude of France (12 November 1547 – 21 February 1575) married Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and had issue.
- Louis of France, Duke of Orléans (3 February 1549 – 24 October 1550) died in infancy.
- Charles of France (later King Charles IX) (27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) married Elisabeth of Austria and had issue.
- Henri of France (later King Henri III) married Louise of Lorraine but had no issue.
- Marguerite of France (14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615) married Henry IV of France but had no issue.
- François of Fraunce, Duke of Anjou (18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) never married.
- Jeanne of France born and died 24 June 1556)
- Victoire of France (24 June 1556 – 17 August 1556) died young.
Categories:
- Catherine de' Medici
- French queens consort
- Regents of France
- House of Medici
- House of Valois
- Queen mothers
- 16th-century women rulers
- Dauphines of Viennois
- Dauphines of France
- Counts of Dreux
- Counter-Reformation
- Nobility from Florence
- Duchesses of Brittany
- Duchesses of Orléans
- French Roman Catholics
- French suo jure nobility
- French duchesses
- 1519 births
- 1589 deaths
- Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis
- Henry II of France
- 16th-century Italian women
- 16th-century Italian nobility