Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici ... was crowned Henry II of France. Unfortunately it was to be a short reign as Henry died in a jousting accident in 1559, thrusting Catherine onto ...

the year of the wedding between the 14-year-old Catherine de’ Medici (the niece of Pope Clement VII) and the future French king Henry II of France. Catherine was raised in Florence, the ...

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard ... papal decree to the young French prince who would become ...