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Catherine de' Medici

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Catherine de' Medici
Pentin attributit tae François Clouet, c. 1555
Queen consort o Fraunce
Tenur31 Mairch 1547 – 10 Julie 1559
Coronation10 Juin 1549
Duchess consort o Brittany
Tenur10 August 1536 – 31 Mairch 1547
Born13 Aprile 1519
Florence, Republic o Florence
Dee'd5 Januar 1589(1589-01-05) (aged 69)
Château de Blois, Kinrick o Fraunce
BuirialSaint-Sauveur, Blois. Reburied at Saint-Denis in 1610.
SpouseHenry II, Keeng o Fraunce
IssueFrancis II, Keeng o Fraunce
Elisabeth, Queen o Spain
Claude, Duchess o Lorraine
Louis o Fraunce
Charles IX, Keeng o Fraunce
Henry III, Keeng o France
Margaret, Queen o Fraunce
Hercule, Duke o Anjou
Jeanne o Fraunce
Victoria o Fraunce
Full name
Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici
Hooseo Medici (bi birth)
o Valois (bi mairiage)
FaitherLorenzo de' Medici, Duke o Urbino
MitherMadeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne
ReleegionRoman Catholicism
SeegnaturCatherine de' Medici's signature


Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French Catherine de Médicis pronounced [katʁin də medisis], 13 Aprile 1519 – 5 Januar 1589), dauchter o Lorenzo II de' Medici an o Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, wis an Italian noblewoman who wis Queen o Fraunce frae 1547 till 1559, as the wife o Keeng Henry II.


  1. François o Fraunce (later Keeng François II) (19 Januar 1544 – 5 December 1560) mairit Mary, Queen o Scots but haed nae issue.
  2. Élisabeth o Fraunce (2 Aprile 1545 – 3 October 1568) mairit Philip II o Spain an haed issue.
  3. Claude o Fraunce (12 November 1547 – 21 Februar 1575) mairit Charles III, Duke o Lorraine an haed issue.
  4. Louis o Fraunce, Duke o Orléans (3 Februar 1549 – 24 October 1550) died in infancy.
  5. Charles o Fraunce (later Keeng Charles IX) (27 Juin 1550 – 30 Mey 1574) mairit Elisabeth o Austrick an haed issue.
  6. Henri o Fraunce (later Keeng Henri III) mairit Louise o Lorraine nbut haed nae childer.
  7. Marguerite o Fraunce (14 Mey 1553 – 27 Mairch 1615) mairit Henry IV o Fraunce but haed nae issue.
  8. François o Fraunce, Duke o Anjou (18 Mairch 1555 – 10 Juin 1584) niver mairit.
  9. Jeanne o Fraunce born an died 24 Juin 1556)
  10. Victoire o Fraunce (24 Juin 1556 – 17 August 1556) died young.