Catherine de' Medici

noun

1. de' MediciCatherine15191589FPOLITICS: 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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His next novel, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici will be published in 2010.

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I also saw some allegorical wood-carving of the time of Catherine de Medici, who built the Tuileries.

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Catherine de Medici entered as the king fired his last shot.

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In that, she bore a certain resemblance to Catherine de Medici.

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Three hundred years ago the palace was commenced by Catherine de Medici.

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Catherine de Medici and Robespierre slinking away, poor, guilty things, into the pale twilight of the Dawn!

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