Born in 1519 and 1545, respectively, the women were descendants of Lorenzo I de’ Medici ... his flair for ostentation from his Medici great-grandmother, Catherine. Dispatched to France at ...

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard ... Protestant and Catholic aristocrats had joined the royal family for the wedding of Catherine’s (Catholic) daughter ...

“Catherine de’ Medici: The Life and Times of the ... Born in 1519 to the powerful Medici family of Florence, she was orphaned within a month by the deaths of both parents.

A new Starz series, “The Serpent Queen,” dramatizes the life of the much-maligned 16th-century ruler Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Catherine de ...

Catherine de Medici was born to Lorenzo de Medici ... “When Henri dies,” said Goldstone, “The Guises [a prominent French noble family] they’re going to come in and take over.

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine ...