Catherine de Médicis

[ katuh-reen duh mey-dee-sees ]

noun

1. Caterina de' Medici, 1518–89, queen of Henry II of France (mother of Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III).

Example Sentences

Beneath the exterior of an excellent woman she knew, like Catherine de Medicis, how to hate and wait.

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Of this, nothing was preserved but the astronomical tower of Catherine de Medicis, which still remains.

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There is ample evidence to prove how much interest was taken by Catherine de Medicis in French portrait-painting.

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And she was a woman, a fitting contemporary of Catherine de Medicis.

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Catherine de Medicis had a mourning-bed made for her of black velvet powdered with crescents and suns.

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