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11 hours ago · Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de’ Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d’Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request ...
4 days ago · Whether you're looking to engage with the big questions of our times – or temporarily escape from them – we've got an author who will speak to you, all genres, mood and writing styles included. Catch today's great books in 15 minutes or less. The Marriage Portrait is Maggie O' Farrell's fictional interpretation of Lucrezia de Cosimo de ...
5 days ago · The "Styles Wedding Experience," as the couple dubbed their wedding day, began with a wedding ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral and ended with a reception at One World Trade Center.
5 days ago · A woman is refusing to pay her friend for a wedding portrait she commissioned for her and her husband's one year anniversary after she said she received the painting and her friend 'sexualized ...
1 day ago · Two merchants from Lyon, Pierre Vast and Michel Fauré, supplied a faceted diamond set in a shield for the necklace that Catherine de' Medici gave Mary on her wedding day. The diamond cost 380 livres .
3 days ago · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
3 days ago · The Serpent Queen is a historical drama television series based on the life of Catherine de' Medici, the powerful Queen consort of France in the 16th century. The show explores Catherine's rise to power, her complex relationships, and her strategic maneuvers to maintain control in a tumultuous political landscape.
