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Catherine de' Medici

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Cath·e·rine de Mé·di·cis  (kthr-n d m-d-ss, kthrn, kät-rn) or Catherine de' Me·di·ci (md-ch, md-) 1519-1589.
Queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority (1560-1563) of her son Charles IX. She continued to wield power until the end of Charles's reign (1574).
Catherine de' Medici, de Médicis
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(Biographies / Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589) F, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1519-89, queen of Henry II of France; mother of Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III of France; regent of France (1560-74). She was largely responsible for the massacre of Protestants on Saint Bartholomew's Day (1572)


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Catherine de' Medici so deeply mourned the death of Henry II in 1559 that she changed her coat of arms to feature a pile of quicklime upon which tears were falling with the words: "Adorem extincta testantur vivere flamma / Que la force d'amour dedans nos coeurs empreinte / Vit d'un brasier secret, quand la flamme est eteinte.
Female Complaintes: Laments of Venus, Queens, and City Women in Late ... by ORDEN, KATE VAN / Renaissance Quarterly
The format of an engraved portrait gallery of coin obverses was carried forth in such works as the 1553 Promptuaire des medailles of Guillaume Rouiile, in which 828 numismatic portraits (likewise often fanciful) illustrate biographies of individuals from A dam and Eve to Catherine de' Medici.
Images of the Illustrious: The Numismatic Presence in the Renaissance by STAHL, ALAN M. / Renaissance Quarterly
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