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.

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Label	Occurrences
Catherine de' Medici	48
Catherine de’ Medici canonical	21
Catherine de Medici	4
Caterina de' Medici	1
Catherine de' Medici's court	1

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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 ⓘ surface form: 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	House of Medici ⓘ surface form: de’ Medici
father	Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino ⓘ
fullName	Caterina Maria Romula de’ Medici ⓘ
givenName	Caterina ⓘ
house	House of Valois ⓘ surface form: 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	Marie Leszczyńska ⓘ surface form: 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	Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ surface form: Duchess of Brittany (consort) Queen of France ⓘ
usedFor	Consolidation of Valois dynasty power ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Wars of Religion → keyFigure → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici → namedAfter → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre → associatedPerson → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Medici court in Florence → hasNotableMember → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Gaspard II de Coligny → associatedWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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French Renaissance → notableFigure → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Charles IX of France → mother → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Charles IX of France → regent → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Massacre of Vassy → associatedWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Jeanne d’Albret → opponent → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

House of Valois → notableMember → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Tuileries Palace → commissionedBy → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Tuileries Palace → builtFor → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

House of Guise → associatedWithMonarch → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Francis II of France → mother → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Henry II of France → spouse → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Henry III of France → mother → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Tuileries Garden → createdFor → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Elisabeth of Valois → mother → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Colloquy of Poissy → convenedBy → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Colloquy of Poissy → organizedBy → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Colloquy of Poissy → hasParticipant → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Colloquy of Poissy → presidedOverBy → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Queen Margot → mainCharacter → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Queen Margot → historicalFigureDepicted → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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The Forty-Five Guardsmen → featuresHistoricalFigure → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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House of Medici → member → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women → criticizes → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Benvenuto Cellini → patron → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Gabriel de Montgomery → associatedWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1570) → signatory → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Ferdinando I de' Medici → child → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caterina de' Medici

Château de Chenonceau → notableOwner → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine de Medici

Château de Chenonceau → associatedWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine de Medici

Primaticcio → patron → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Philibert de l'Orme → employer → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Margaret of Valois → mother → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Margaret of Valois → associatedWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Pierre de Ronsard → patron → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Charles Maximilian → mother → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Charles Maximilian → regency → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Edict of Saint-Germain (1562) → issuedBy → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Edict of Saint-Germain (1562) → regentDuringIssuance → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Cardinal of Lorraine → closeAdvisorTo → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Germain Pilon → employer → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Germain Pilon → patron → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Hôtel des Tournelles → demolishedBy → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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Diane de Poitiers → successorAsRoyalFavorite → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Diane de Poitiers → conflictWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France → associatedWith → Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ

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