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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

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

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)

Look at these full-length portraits of Catherine de Médicis and the Princess Marguerite, daughter of Francis the First.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 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 Oxonian, An

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