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Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII .
- 13 May 1610
- 17 December 1600 – 14 May 1610
- 14 May 1610 – 2 October 1614
- Louis XIII
Apr 22, 2024 · Marie de Médicis (born April 26, 1573, Florence [Italy]—died July 3, 1642, Cologne [Germany]) was the queen consort of King Henry IV of France (reigned 1589–1610) and, from 1610 to 1614, regent for her son, King Louis XIII (reigned 1610–43). Marie was the daughter of Francesco de’ Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and Joanna of Austria.
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Ruthless Facts About Marie De' Medici, The Poison Queen - Factinate. Today, most know the Medici family for their notorious exploits in Renaissance Italy, yet few remember their infamous descendant Marie de' Medici, whose scandals were somehow even more shameful.
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Born on April 26, 1573 or 1574 in Florence, Italy; died on July 3, 1642, in poverty and exile, in Cologne, Germany; youngest child of Francis or Francesco I de Medici (1541–1587), grand duke of Tuscany (r. 1574–1587), a scholar and patronof the arts, and Joanna of Austria (1546–1578); married Henri also known as Henry IV the Great (1553–1610), k...
Marie de’ Medici was the widow of King Henri IV and mother of King Louis XIII, with whom she had a shaky relationship. When the queen commissioned these paintings in 1622, she was just returning from several years of exile, forced upon her by none other than her own son.
May 23, 2018 · MARIE DE MÉDICIS (1573 – 1642), queen of France (1600 – 1610) and regent (1610 – 1617) for her son, Louis XIII. Marie de M é dicis, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Archduchess of Austria, was born in Florence.
Marie de Médicis 1573–1642 French queen. Marie de Médicis was the second member of the powerful Medici family of Italy to become queen and regent* of France. A skillful politician, Marie shrewdly maneuvered for power at the highest level in France.
