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