Catherine de Médicis
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The real power behind the throne during this period was their mother, Catherine de Médicis.
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They named it Charlesfort, in honor of the unhappy son of Catherine de Médicis, Charles IX., the future hero of St. Bartholomew.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various
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 An Oxonian
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 Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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 Andrew Lang
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