Catherine de' Medici
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Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, French: Catherine de Médicis, 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was a Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, if at times varying, influence in the political life of France.
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Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de Medici 13 April 1519 Florence, Italy
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5 January 1589 (aged 69) Château de Bolis, France
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Francis II of France 1st child with Henry II of France Male b. 19 Jan 1544 d. 5 Dec 1560 Age: 16 (at death) 1544-1560 King of France from 1559 to 1560 -
Elisabeth of Valois 2nd child with Henry II of France Female b. 2 Apr 1545 d. 3 Oct 1568 Age: 23 (at death) 1545-1568 Queen consort of Spain from 1559 to 1568 -
Claude of Valois 3rd child with Henry II of France Female b. 12 Nov 1547 d. 21 Feb 1575 Age: 27 (at death) 1547-1575 Duchess consort of Lorraine -
Louis of Valois 4th child with Henry II of France Male b. 3 Feb 1549 d. 24 Oct 1550 Age: 1 (at death) 1549-1550 Duke of Orléans -
Charles IX of France 5th child with Henry II of France Male b. 27 Jun 1550 d. 30 May 1574 Age: 23 (at death) 1550-1574 King of France -
Alexandre Édouard de France 6th child with Henry II of France Male b. 19 Sep 1551 d. 2 Aug 1589 Age: 37 (at death) 1551-1589 King of France from 1574 to 1589 -
French: Marguerite de Valois 7th child with Henry II of France Female b. 14 May 1553 d. 27 Mar 1615 Age: 61 (at death) 1553-1615 Queen of France from 1589 to 1599 -
Hercule François de France 8th child with Henry II of France Male b. 18 Mar 1555 d. 10 Jun 1584 Age: 29 (at death) 1555-1584 Duke of Alençon, Château-Thierry, Anjou, Berry, and Touraine -
Joan of Valois 9th child with Henry II of France Female b. 24 Jun 1556 Age: 469 1556- Celebrity Baby -
Victoria of Valois 10th child with Henry II of France Female b. 24 Jun 1556 Age: 469 1556- Celebrity Baby
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Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne · m. 1518
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