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Maria de' Medici
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Maria de' Medici (Italian) [maˈriːa de ˈmɛːditʃi]
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(Biographies / Maria de' Medici (1573-1642) F, Italian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) French name Marie de Médicis. 1573-1642, queen of France (1600-10) by marriage to Henry IV of France; daughter of Francesco, grand duke of Tuscany. She became regent for her son (later Louis XIII) but continued to wield power after he came of age (1614). She was finally exiled from France in 1631 after plotting to undermine Richelieu's influence at court
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While Kromm's study treats the implications of Minerva and Bellona in Rubens's famous cycle of the life of Marie de' Medici, Thofner's essay provides an interesting comparison of allegorical modes of picturing male and female authority in Antwerp and Brussels, focusing on images of the Habsburg Archdukes Albert and Isabella in portraiture and in festival ephemera.
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