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Catherine de Médicis

American  
[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

But the weak and ferocious son of Catherine de Médicis gave no response.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 by Various

He was specially known as Procureur-général to Catherine de Médicis; but, as he himself said, he wore “a soldier’s coat as well as a lawyer’s robe.”

From Pascal by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The physician of Catherine de Médicis, Ambroise Paré, describes every one of the noises heard by the Wesleys, long after his day, as familiar, and as caused by devils. 

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew

In his "Étude de Catherine de Médicis," Balzac speaks of Madame de Sauve, and I am sure she must have lived in the Place des Vosges.

From Memoirs of My Dead Life by Moore, George (George Augustus)

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