Queen Catherine de' Medici

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Joshua J. Mark
by History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday
published on 22 June 2022

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. She was also a patron and devotee of mystic Nostradamus.

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Holiday, H. T. T. w. L. (2022, June 22). Queen Catherine de' Medici. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2787/queen-catherine-de-medici/

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Holiday, History Tea Time with Lindsay. "Queen Catherine de' Medici." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 22, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2787/queen-catherine-de-medici/.

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