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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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 Alexis de Tocqueville
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
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
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 George (George Augustus) Moore
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