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
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)
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)
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
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