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Catherine de' Medici
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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.
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![]() Pentin attributit tae François Clouet, c. 1555 | |||||
Queen consort o Fraunce | |||||
Tenur | 31 Mairch 1547 – 10 Julie 1559 | ||||
Coronation | 10 Juin 1549 | ||||
Duchess consort o Brittany | |||||
Tenur | 10 August 1536 – 31 Mairch 1547 | ||||
Born | 13 Aprile 1519 Florence, Republic o Florence | ||||
Dee'd | 5 Januar 1589(1589-01-05) (aged 69) Château de Blois, Kinrick o Fraunce | ||||
Buirial | Saint-Sauveur, Blois. Reburied at Saint-Denis in 1610. | ||||
Spouse | Henry II, Keeng o Fraunce | ||||
Issue | Francis 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 | ||||
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Hoose | o Medici (bi birth) o Valois (bi mairiage) | ||||
Faither | Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke o Urbino | ||||
Mither | Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne | ||||
Releegion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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