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Catherine de' Medici was born Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici [8] on 13 April 1519 in Florence, Republic of Florence, the only child of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and his wife, Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, the countess of Boulogne.
He is now thought to have been the patron behind the "Valois tapestries" presented to Catherine de' Medici, which depicted major figures in Catherine's court against scenes of festivity. [10] When Anjou's French troops arrived in late 1582, William's plan seemed to pay off, as even the Duke of Parma feared that the Dutch would now gain the ...
Hôpital was a humanist Catholic, little interested in the persecution that had defined the administration in the 1550s. In conjunction with Charles Cardinal of Lorraine, Catherine de Medici and Admiral Coligny, he began pushing this new religious policy further. [39] In May 1560 a further edict was passed, the Edict of Romorantin.
The ten-year-old Charles was immediately proclaimed king on 5 December 1560, and the Privy Council appointed his mother, Catherine de' Medici, as governor of France (gouvernante de France), with sweeping powers, at first acting as regent for her young son. [10] On 15 May 1561, Charles was consecrated in the cathedral at Reims. [11]
The French Secretaries of State in the Age of Catherine de Medici. The Athlone Press. Sutherland, Nicola (1980). The Huguenot Struggle for Recognition. Yale University Press. Thompson, James (1909). The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576: The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II. Chicago University Press. Vindry, Fleury (1901).
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Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 2 children: 5 March 1694: Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria: May 17, 1628, Son of Claudia de' Medici and Leopold V, Archduke of Austria: Anna de'Medici 1 child: December 30, 1662: Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria: c. 1629, Daughter of Claudia de' Medici and Leopold V, Archduke of ...
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