One of the most powerful Queen Mothers ever, this Medici was the mother of the last 3 Valois kings of France
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC NAMES - StudyStack  ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL QUEEN MOTHERS EVER, THIS MEDICI WAS THE MOTHER OF THE LAST 3 VALOIS KINGS OF FRANCE, CATHERINE D'...
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Catherine de Medici facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Get information, facts, and pictures about Catherine de Medici at ... Henry II of France, and later regent for her three feeble sons at the twilight of the Valois ... Catherine was born in 1519, daughter of a powerful Italian prince from the Medici family. ... suspicion that she was more an Italian schemer than a true queen of France.
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The Last Valois: A Tragic Story | History Today  Robert Knecht describes the shortcomings of Henry III, the last Valois king, and the ... Henry III was the first king of France to be assassinated by one of his own subjects. ... Henry was the sixth child and fourth son of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. ... As queen mother under Francis II, then as regent under Charles IX,...
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Catherine de' Medici - Wikipedia  Catherine de' Medici daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and of Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II. As the mother of three sons who became kings of France during her lifetime, ... According to Mark Strage, one of her biographers, Catherine was the most...
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Queen mother - Wikipedia  A Queen mother is a dowager queen who is the mother of the reigning monarch The term has ... 2 Recent British Queens Mother; 3 Other notable mothers of kings ... More to the point, there may be more than one queen dowager at any given ... Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (19002002): the widow of King George VI...
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Kings Henry III, Henry IV, Louis XIII, and Louis XIV and the Epernon ...  Henry III, Henry IV, Louis XIII, Louis XIV ... Henry III, King of France from 1574 to 1589, was the last of the Valois kings. ... St. Bartholomew Massacre was a turning point in both French history and the history of the European Christian church.
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Full text of "The new authorised historical catalogue of the pictures ...  Just above the wainscot is Flora, and opposite her a Nymph or Fortune, with a ..... Spagnoletto \ 86 Elizabeth de Bourbon, Daughter of Henri IV., King of France, and .... Honthorst was the Queen's favourite artist ; and he not only painted her ...... Unnamed Inscribed " Maria Medici Regina France Navax " in the top left corner.
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Marie Antoinette - Wikipedia  Marie Antoinette (/mrintwnt/, /ntw-/, /tw-/, US /mri-/; French: [mai twant]; born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna (2 November 1755  16 October 1793), was the last Queen of France prior to ... Her godparents were Joseph I and Mariana Victoria, King and Queen of Portugal; Archduke Joseph...
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Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) (Queen Consort of France 1547 ...  ... (Queen Consort of France 1547-1559) Great-niece of Pope Leo X, Catherine ... Marie de Guise, mother of Mary Queen of Scots. Born:Nov. 22, 1515  Died:...
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Catherine de' Medici - Wikipedia  Catherine de' Medici daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and of Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II. As the mother of three sons who became kings of France during her lifetime, ... King Francis wanted Catherine to be raised at the French court, but Pope...
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Henry IV of France's succession - Wikipedia  Henry IV of France's succession to the throne in 1589 was followed by a four-year war to establish his legitimacy. Henry IV inherited the throne after the assassination of Henry III, the last Valois king, who died without children. Henry was already King of Navarre, as the successor of his mother, Jeanne ... The city and large parts of France, mostly in the north, were in the hands of...
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France History, The French Valois Dynasty 1358-1589  Charles VIII , the Affable 1483-1498 Louis XII, the Father of His People 1498-1515. ... While King Jean tried to raise the money, his son, accorded the same royal dignity, ... He was the first French heir to use the title dauphin after the region of .... Louis XI (July 3, 1423 - August 30, 1483) was a King of France (1461 - 1483).
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Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino - Wikipedia  Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (12 September 1492  4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1513 to his death in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino from 1516 to 1519. His daughter, Catherine de' Medici, became Queen Consort of France, while his illegitimate son, Alessandro de' Medici, became the first Duke of Florence. ... His paternal grandparents were Lorenzo the Magnificent and Clarice Orsini.
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The Mad Monarchist: Monarch Profile: King Louis Philippe I of the ...  Jun 28, 2013 ... The Duke himself would come to be known as Philippe Egalite for ... He even considered leaving the country when the revolutionary leadership voted to execute King ... of France with Louis Philippe being known as the Citizen-King and ... King Louis Philippe I, the last member of the House of Bourbon to...
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Catherine de' Medici - Wikipedia  Catherine de' Medici daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and of Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II. As the mother of three sons who became kings of France during her lifetime, ... The death of Pope Leo in 1521 interrupted Medici power briefly, until...
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Louis XIV of France - Wikipedia  Louis XIV (5 September 1638  1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major ... Louis XIV managed to virtually destroy the French Protestant minority, which...
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List of French monarchs - Wikipedia  The monarchs of the Kingdom of France and its predecessors ruled from the establishment of ... The branches of the dynasty which ruled after 1328, however, are generally ... 3.1 Direct Capetians (9871328); 3.2 House of Valois (13281589) ..... titular King of France as Louis XVII; in reality, however, he was imprisoned in...
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Catherine de' Medici - Wikipedia  Catherine de' Medici daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici and of Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II. As the mother of three sons who became kings of France during her lifetime, ... When he died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her ten-year-old son...
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LOUIS XIV JEUNE | People | Pinterest | Perdido  He died before his father, so his son, Louis XVI became king. Louis de France .... His reign of 72 years and 110 days is one of the longest in French and European history. ..... Said to be Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. ...... The Sun King: Louis XIV of France, "L'etat, c'est moi, I am the state".
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Henri II (1519 - 1559). King of France from 1547 to 1559. He married ...  She was the daughter of King Charles VI of France, wife of Henry V of Monmouth, King of .... When Henry II died on 10 July 1559 from injuries sustained in a joust, ..... He fought with his family when he was only 16 years old, along side his brothers ..... called la Belle cossaise (French for "the Beautiful Scotswoman"), was an...
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J! Archive - Show #3692, aired 2000-09-26  All of this country's Capetian kings descended from Robert the Strong, Count of Anjou & Blois ... This "Great" czar got rid of his powerful half-sister Sophia by sending her off to a convent .... An angry King David is compared to one of these animals robbed of her cubs...