Catherine de’ Medici

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16th-century French politician Historical figure Member of the House of Medici Queen consort of France Regent of France

Catherine de’ Medici was a powerful 16th-century queen and regent of France whose political maneuvering and religious policies made her a central and controversial figure in the French Wars of Religion.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century French politician → Historical figure → Member of the House of Medici → Queen consort of France → Regent of France →
associatedWithEvent	French Wars of Religion → St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre →
birthDate	1519-04-13 →
birthPlace	Florence → Republic of Florence →
burialPlace	Basilica of Saint-Denis →
child	Charles IX of France → Claude of France, Duchess of Lorraine → Elizabeth of Valois → Francis II of France → Francis, Duke of Anjou → Henry III of France → Margaret of Valois →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France →
deathDate	1589-01-05 →
deathPlace	Blois → Château de Blois → Kingdom of France →
era	Renaissance →
familyName	de’ Medici →
father	Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino →
fullName	Caterina Maria Romula de’ Medici →
givenName	Caterina →
house	House of Valois (by marriage) →
languageSpoken	French → Italian →
mother	Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne →
nobleFamily	House of Medici →
notableFor	Political influence during the French Wars of Religion → Religious policies toward Catholics and Huguenots → Role in governing France under her sons →
politicalAlignment	Royalist →
positionHeld	Queen consort of France → Queen mother of France → Regent of France →
predecessorAsQueenConsort	Eleanor of Austria →
regencyEnd	1563 →
regencyStart	1560 →
reignAsQueenConsortEnd	1559 →
reignAsQueenConsortStart	1547 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Henry II of France →
successorAsQueenConsort	Mary, Queen of Scots →
title	Duchess of Brittany (consort) → Queen of France →
usedFor	Consolidation of Valois dynasty power →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles IX of France ("Catherine de' Medici") → Elisabeth of Valois ("Catherine de' Medici") → Francis II of France ("Catherine de' Medici") → Henry III of France ("Catherine de' Medici") →	mother
Gaspard II de Coligny ("Catherine de' Medici") → Massacre of Vassy ("Catherine de' Medici") →	associatedWith
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre ("Catherine de' Medici") →	associatedPerson
House of Guise ("Catherine de' Medici") →	associatedWithMonarch
Tuileries Palace →	builtFor
Tuileries Palace →	commissionedBy
Colloquy of Poissy ("Catherine de' Medici") →	convenedBy
Tuileries Garden ("Catherine de' Medici") →	createdFor
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women ("Catherine de' Medici") →	criticizes
The Forty-Five Guardsmen ("Catherine de' Medici") →	featuresHistoricalFigure
Medici court in Florence ("Catherine de' Medici") →	hasNotableMember
Colloquy of Poissy ("Catherine de' Medici") →	hasParticipant
Queen Margot ("Catherine de' Medici") →	historicalFigureDepicted
French Wars of Religion →	keyFigure
Queen Margot ("Catherine de' Medici") →	mainCharacter
House of Medici ("Catherine de' Medici") →	member
Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici →	namedAfter
French Renaissance ("Catherine de' Medici") →	notableFigure
House of Valois ("Catherine de' Medici") →	notableMember
Jeanne d’Albret →	opponent
Colloquy of Poissy ("Catherine de' Medici") →	organizedBy
Colloquy of Poissy ("Catherine de' Medici") →	presidedOverBy
Charles IX of France ("Catherine de' Medici") →	regent
Henry II of France ("Catherine de' Medici") →	spouse