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Catherine de Médicis

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[katuh-reen duh mey-dee-sees] / katə rin də meɪ diˈsis /
Also Catherine de' Medici

noun

  1. Caterina de' Medici, 1518–89, queen of Henry II of France (mother of Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III).


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The real power behind the throne during this period was their mother, Catherine de Médicis.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Catherine de Médicis carried Henry IV, when a child, to old Nostradamus, who antiquaries esteem more for his Chronicle of Provence than for his vaticinating powers.

From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An

Nicotine is named from Jean Nicot, French ambassador at Lisbon, who sent some tobacco plants to Catherine de Médicis in 1560.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Louis XII., and Francis I. Fireworks could not fail to be attractive at the Court of the Valois, to which Catherine de Médicis had introduced the manners and customs of Italy.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

The others support merely a gallery, called by our guide the ballroom of Catherine de Médicis, ending in a small theatre.

From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de

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