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Catherine de' Medici (l. 1519-1589) was the queen of France, mother of three kings and two queens and, between 1559 and c. 1576, the most powerful woman in France and, possibly, all of Europe. She was the strength behind the French throne...

Lorenzo the Magnificent Receives the Tribute of the Ambassadors, fresco painting by Giorgio Vasari, c. 1556-1558. This fresco shows a crowd of ambassadors giving gifts to Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, as he sits on a raised throne...

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a widespread slaughter of French Protestants (Huguenots) by Catholics beginning on 24 August 1572 and lasting over two months, resulting in the deaths of between 5,000 and 25,000 people. It began in...

Portrait of Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), oil on canvas by Germain Le Mannier, c. 1547-1559. Uffizi, Florence.

Catherine de' Medici and Her Children, oil on canvas by the workshop of François Clouet, 1561.

The dome of the Medici Chapel, part of the Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence. The chapel was completed built in the 16th and 17th centuries to honor the Medici family, one of the great families of Renaissance Italy. (Courtesy of Unsplash)

Catherine de' Medici from the powerful Italian family married the future King Henry II of France at 13. When he was impaled through the eye during a joust Catherine ruled France as regent for three of her sons during civil and religious wars...

The Renaissance Papacy was dominated by 3 families: the Borgias, the Roveres, and the Medicis. This video discusses the family tree of each and their role in the Italian Renaissance.

The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) were a series of eight conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions in France lasting 36 years and concluding with the Protestant King Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610) converting to Catholicism...

Jeanne d’Albret (Joan III of Navarre, l. 1528-1572) was Queen of Navarre, daughter of Marguerite de Navarre (l. 1492-1549) and niece of King Francois I (Francis I of France, r. 1515-1547). She is best known for leading the Huguenots (French...