Cath·e·rine de Mé·di·cis (k th  r- n d m -d -ss, kthrn, kät-rn) or Catherine de' Me·di·ci (m d-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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