House of Valois

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 125. Chapters: Catherine de' Medici, Mary, Queen of Scots, Henry V of England, Charles VII of France, Henry VI of England, Louis XI of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VIII of France, Charles VI of France, Philip VI of France, Catherine of Valois, Charles V of France, John II of France, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Diane de Poitiers, Owen Tudor, Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, Catherine de' Medici's building projects, Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts, Anne of Brittany, Catherine de' Medici's court festivals, Descendants of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, List of consorts of Orléans, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Charles, Count of Valois, Isabeau of Bavaria, Isabella of Portugal, Valois Tapestries, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, John, Duke of Berry, Isabella of Bourbon, Eleanor of Austria, Anne of France, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Louise of Lorraine, Isabella of Valois, Charlotte of Savoy, Bonne of Bohemia, Michelle of Valois, Françoise de Foix, Les Mignons, Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Margaret of Bavaria, Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, Antoine, bastard of Burgundy, Joanna of Bourbon, Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Blanche of Valois, Joan I, Countess of Auvergne, Isabella, Countess of Vertus, Anne of Burgundy, Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany, Agnès Sorel, John, Dauphin of France, Duke of Touraine, Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut, Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, Magdalena of Valois, Marie, Duchess of Auvergne, Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre, Jean de Montaigu, Thamar Angelina Komnene, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Bonne of Berry, Marie of Valois, Prioress of Poissy, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne, Anne de Bourbon, Yolande of Valois, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria, Jeanne of Armagnac, Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans, Catherine of Valois, Countess of Montpensier, House of Valois-Anjou, Margaret of Burgundy, Dauphine of France, Catherine of Valois, Countess of Charolais, Charlotte of Valois, Marie Touchet, Joan of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Antoinette de Maignelais, Jean, Count of Montpensier, Diane de France, Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar, Marguerite bâtarde de France, Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumont, Marie de Valois, House of Valois-Burgundy, Elaine de Francias. Excerpt: Catherine de' Medici (13 April 1519 - 5 January 1589) was born in Florence, Italy, as Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de' Medici. Both her parents, Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Countess of Boulogne, died within weeks of her birth. In 1533, at the age of fourteen, Caterina married Henry, second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France. Under the gallicised version of her name, Catherine de Médicis, she was Queen consort of France as the wife of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559. Throughout his reign, Henry excluded Catherine from participating in state affairs and instead showered favours on his chief mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who wielded much influence over him. Henry's death thrust Catherine into the political arena as mother of the frail fifteen-year-old King Francis II. When he died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her ten-year-old son King Charles IX and was granted sweeping powers. After Charles died in 1574, C...