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1519 CE - 1589 CE: Life of Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France.
1519 CE - 1523 CE: Catherine de' Medici is raised by others after the death of her parents.
1523 CE - 1533 CE: Catherine de' Medici is brought up and educated in Rome.
1533 CE: Catherine de' Medici is married to Henry II of France.
1544 CE - 1555 CE: Catherine de' Medici has ten children with Henry II of France.
1559 CE: Henry II of France dies; is succeeded by his son Francois II.
1559 CE - 1576 CE: Catherine de' Medici is the power behind the French throne through her sons.
1560 CE: Francois II dies; is succeeded by his brother Charles IX.
1572 CE: Catherine de' Medici supports the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
1574 CE: Charles IX dies; succeeded by Henry III.
1588 CE: Henry III eliminates his political opponents; Catherine de' Medici disapproves and her health fails.
1589 CE: Catherine de' Medici dies, probably from pleurisy.