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Catherine de’ Medici: birth, loss of parents, and Italian politics

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance Blog, Valois blogPosted April 16, 2021

Caterina Maria Romula de’ Medici, who was destined to become Queen of France as wife of King Henri II of France, was born at around 11 o’clock on the 13th of April 1519 in Florence. Her father was a Italian nobleman and scion of the ruling Medici House of Florence...

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