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Catherine de' Medici

1519–1589 · Medici

Queen-consort and regent of France. Born at Florence. Died at Château de Blois.

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Family

Father

Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino

Mother

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne

Married

Henry II of France 1533

Children (10)

Francis II of France 1544
Elisabeth of Valois 1545
Claude of Valois 1547
Louis of Valois 1549
Charles IX of France 1550
Henry III of France 1551
Margaret of Valois 1553
Francis, Duke of Anjou 1555
Victoria of Valois 1556
Joan of Valois 1556

Siblings (1)

Alessandro de' Medici 1510

Related to

• Catherine de' Medici was the 22× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
• Catherine de' Medici was the second cousin 9 times removed of Victoria.
• Catherine de' Medici was the second cousin 3 times removed of Louis XIV of France.