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Apr 9, 2024 · In spite of Henry’s abiding attachment to his mistress Diane de Poitiers, Catherine’s marriage was not unsuccessful and, after 10 anxious years, she bore him 10 children, of whom 4 boys and 3 girls survived. She herself supervised their education.
May 27, 2021 · Known for: Being the queen mother of France during the reign of her three sons. Husband: Henry II of France. Children: 10, including Francis II of France; Charles IX of France; Henry III of France; Margaret of Valois and Francis, Duke of Anjou. Legacy: Catherine de Medici’s legacy is controversial.
- Elinor Evans
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Catherine de' Medici married Henry, Duke of Orléans, the future Henry II of France, in Marseille on 28 October 1533. She gave birth to ten children, of whom four sons and three daughters survived to marriageable age.
- 10 June 1549
- 31 March 1547 – 10 July 1559
- 5 December 1560 – 17 August 1563
- Charles IX
Apr 18, 2019 · Over the years, Catherine gave birth to ten children of which five were daughters. The last two daughters were twins; one of the twins, Joan, died during the delivery and the other, Victoire, died a few weeks later.
Catherine eventually gave birth to ten children, beginning in 1543. The death of her husband's older brother in 1536 made Henry and Catherine next in line for the throne. Catherine's husband, now Henry II, had been cared for at age eleven by Diane de Poitiers, who was twenty years his senior.
Dec 2, 2021 · Catherine's married life was not really happy (Henry was totally devoted to his mistress Diana of Poitiers) but gave birth to 10 children, of these 4 boys and 3 daughters survived; she supervised their education herself. In 1559, her husband King Henry married one of his daughters, Elizabeth, to Philip II of Spain.
Jun 22, 2022 · In 1544, she gave birth to her first son, Francis II of France (aka François II, r. 1559-1560) and would have ten children in all, including Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain (l. 1545-1568), Charles IX of France (r. 1560-1574), Henry III of France (r. 1574-1589), Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (l. 1553-1615), Claude of France, Duchess of ...
