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Also Known As Caterina de’ Medici • Catherine de Médicis
Born April 13, 1519 • Florence • Italy
Died January 5, 1589 (aged 69) • Blois • France
House / Dynasty Medici family
Notable Family Members spouse Henry II • father Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, duca di Urbino • daughter Margaret of Valois • son François, duc d’Anjou • son Francis II • son Charles IX • son Henry III
Role In Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day • Wars of Religion

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Renaissance dances. (Left) Court dance in early balletic form as seen in “Catherine de Medicis Receiving the Polish Ambassador,” tapestry designed by Francois Quesnel, c. 1575. In the Uffizi, Florence
Germain Pilon: gisants of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II
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