Maria de Medici

American  

[mah-ree-ah de me-dee-chee] / mɑˈri ɑ dɛ ˈmɛ di tʃi /

noun

1. Marie de Médicis.

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Maria de' Medici British  

/ maˈriːa de ˈmɛːditʃi /

noun

1. French name Marie de Médicis. 1573–1642, queen of France (1600–10) by marriage to Henry IV of France; daughter of Francesco, grand duke of Tuscany. She became regent for her son (later Louis XIII) but continued to wield power after he came of age (1614). She was finally exiled from France in 1631 after plotting to undermine Richelieu's influence at court

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Example Sentences

Her academic focus on 17th century French and Italian art culminated in her 1982 book, “The Art Patronage of Maria de’ Medici.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the wedding of Maria de Medici to Henri IV, in Florence, in 1600, the groom was not in attendance, but he was represented by an impressive sugar sculpture depicting him on horseback.

From The New Yorker

In 1639, the French Queen Dowager, Maria de' Medici, paid a short visit to Amsterdam.

From Project Gutenberg

The first public performance of opera as we know it, however, was given by Peri, in Florence, with his Euridice, to honor the marriage of Maria de' Medici and Henry IV. of France; this was a sort of recitative, set to the music of a violin, a guitar, and harpsichord.

From Project Gutenberg

“Last autumn I received intelligence from Florence that my father had entered the service of your republic on his arrival in the Levant, and had received the appointment of captain in the garrison of Candia, under General Malatesta, a Florentine, whose son had been assassinated by order of Cosmo, on the discovery of an intrigue between this youth and his eldest daughter, Maria de’ Medici.

From Project Gutenberg