She is also known for her involvement in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day (1572)part of the CatholicHuguenot wars (Wars of Religion; 156298)and for being mother to three kings of France. [97] By 1585, Henry III had no choice but to go to war against the League. Hoogvliet, 111. Did Queen Catherine of France have a deformed daughter? "[113] He added that she had no sooner died than she was treated with as much consideration as a dead goat. The start of Season One, in 1557, Diane de Poitiers was actually 58 years old. Now she sought a marriage between Margaret and Henry III of Navarre, Jeanne's son, with the aim of uniting Valois and Bourbon interests. His life was saved by the illness and death of the king, as a result of an infection or an abscess in his ear. WebClarissa is the love child of the Catherine de' Medici, and her secret lover Richard Delacroix. Catherine's three sons reigned in an age of almost constant civil and religious war in France. Once in control of the royal purse, she launched a programme of artistic patronage that lasted for three decades. [121] In the last two decades of her life, only two painters stand out as recognisable personalities: Jean Cousin the Younger (c.1522 c.1594), few of whose works survive, and Antoine Caron (c.1521 1599), who became Catherine's official painter after working at Fontainebleau under Primaticcio. The death of her husband's older brother in 1536 made Henry and Catherine next in line for the throne. Moving on to the fortress of Carlat, Margaret took a lover called d'Aubiac. "[95], Many leading Roman Catholics were appalled by Catherine's attempts to appease the Huguenots. [60], In 1566, through the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Guillaume de Grandchamp de Grantrie, and because of a long-standing Franco-Ottoman alliance, Charles and Catherine proposed to the Ottoman Court a plan to resettle French Huguenots and French and German Lutherans in Ottoman-controlled Moldavia, in order to create a military colony and a buffer against the Habsburg. Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. She may have owed her change of fortune to the physician Jean Fernel, who may have noticed slight abnormalities in the couple's sexual organs and advised them how to solve the problem. Henry's death in 1559 thrust Catherine into the political arena as mother of the frail 15-year-old King Francis II. During his reign, Henry excluded Catherine from state affairs and instead showered favours on his chief mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who wielded much influence over him. He depended on Catherine and her team of secretaries until the last few weeks of her life. She presided over his council, decided policy, and controlled state business and patronage. WebCatherine's mother died when she was two-weeks-old and her father soon afterwards. She wrote to Bellivre, "Never have I seen myself in such trouble or with so little light by which to escape. Catherine de Medici was the queen consort of Henry II of France (154759) and regent of France. [80], The slaughter in Paris lasted for almost a week. Born Giulio de' Medici, Catherine's uncle took the name Clement VII upon becoming pope in 1523. Claude died in childbirth in 1575 and Catherine was truly devastated. She was buried, but she went on to escape from her gravesite. [45] Neither saw the need to punish Protestants who worshipped in private and did not take up arms. She reappeared after a few hours and declared that she would offer her other daughter Margaret in marriage to King Philip. It spread to many parts of France, where it persisted into the autumn. From that moment, she abandoned compromise for a policy of repression. She went on to bear Henry a further eight children, seven of whom survived infancy, including the future Charles IX (born 27 June 1550); the future Henry III (born 19 September 1551); and Francis, Duke of Anjou (born 18 March 1555) and Claude (born 12 November 1547). Antonella Campanini, "The Illusive Story Of Catherine de' Medici: A Gastronomic Myth". She quickly terminated the second (September 1567March 1568) with the Peace of Longjumeau, a renewal of Amboise. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and stay up to date on History of Royal Women's articles! Margaret had put up a good show for the Queen and Joan wrote enthusiastically to her son with one point, If she embraces our religions, I may say that we are the happiest persons in the world Margaret could not have opposed this match with Henry more, but it was going to happen whether she wanted or not. Its principal purpose was to execute the edict and, through a meeting at Bayonne in June 1565, to seek to strengthen peaceful relations between the crown and Spain and to negotiate for Charless marriage to Elizabeth of Austria. Catherine adopted a moderate stance and spoke against the Guise persecutions, though she had no particular sympathy for the Huguenots, whose beliefs she never shared. "[72] When Jeanne did come to court, Catherine pressured her hard,[73] playing on Jeanne's hopes for her beloved son. Over the years, Catherine gave birth to ten children of which five were daughters. The next pope, Alessandro Farnese, was elected on 13 October and took the title Paul III. Catherine visited the deathbed of Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, after he was fatally wounded by an arquebus shot. After the Edict of Beaulieu, they had started forming local leagues to protect their religion. For the first ten years of the marriage, the royal couple failed to produce any children together. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. [43] Others they drowned in the river or strung up around the battlements while Catherine and the court watched. In 1558, she was considered for Don Carlos, the eldest son of King Philip II of Spain. [24] According to the court chronicler Brantme, "many people advised the king and the Dauphin to repudiate her, since it was necessary to continue the line of France". In, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 08:48. Orphaned within days, Catherine was highly educated, trained, and disciplined by nuns in Florence and Rome and married in 1533 by her uncle, Pope Clement VII, to Henry, duc dOrlans, who inherited the French crown from his father, Francis I, in April 1547. On 17 August 1563, Charles IX was declared of age at the Parlement of Rouen, but he was never able to rule on his own and showed little interest in government. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Some historians have excused Catherine from blame for the worst decisions of the crown, but evidence for her ruthlessness can be found in her letters. He was tried in November, found guilty of offences against the crown, and sentenced to death. To avoid questions about the baby's distinguishing birthmark, she gave the baby to Nostradamus' father. [109] On 23 December 1588, he asked the Duke of Guise to call on him at the Chteau de Blois. Clarissa Delacroix(1539-1557) was the illegitimate daughter of Queen Catherine de Medici and the French noble Richard Delacroix. On 20 August 1560, Catherine and the chancellor advocated this policy to an assembly of notables at Fontainebleau. Kill them all! This is the sixth, and it will focus on her relationships with her daughters. [40] Nevertheless, all his official acts began with the words: "This being the good pleasure of the Queen, my lady-mother, and I also approving of every opinion that she holdeth, am content and command that". [25] Divorce was discussed. [138], The earliest known reference to Catherine as the popularizer of Italian culinary innovation is the entry for "cuisine" in Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopdie published in 1754, which describes haute cuisine as decadent and effeminate and explains that fussy sauces and fancy fricassees arrived in France via "that crowd of corrupt Italians who served at the court of Catherine de' Medici. [53] Guise, who called the massacre "a regrettable accident", was cheered as a hero in the streets of Paris while the Huguenots called for revenge. Prince Henry showed no interest in Catherine as a wife; instead, he openly took mistresses. Clarissa educated Catherine, along with her own children, and Catherine was happy in her new atmosphere living with her aunt. In 1556, Catherine nearly died giving birth to twin daughters, Jeanne and Victoire. Despite her considerable power, Leeza is the least favorite of Catherine's children, and underneath her tough facade is a legitimate desire for her mother's affections. "[131] Catherine also commissioned Germain Pilon to carve the marble sculpture that contains Henry II's heart. Slowly, however, he lost his sight, speech, and reason, and on 10 July 1559 he died, aged 40. [19] Clement visited the newlyweds in bed the next morning and added his blessings to the night's proceedings. One of her first acts was to force Diane de Poitiers to hand over the crown jewels and return the Chteau de Chenonceau to the crown. "[90] The death of her youngest son was a calamity for Catherine's dynastic dreams. In 1568, she was beaten, punched and had her hair pulled out by Catherine and her brother Charles after a secret affair with Henry of Guise. Victoire and Jeanne were twin daughters born in 1556; Jeanne was stillborn due to surgeons breaking her legs to save her mother's life;[a] Victoire survived, dying less than two months later. Catherines dowry was considered too small and alliances between royalty and merchant families like the Medicis, however rich, were still unusual. [64] The Surprise of Meaux marked a turning point in Catherine's policy towards the Huguenots. Three of her sons were kings of France: Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Clarissa Delacroix was born in 1539, the illegitimate daughter of Queen Catherine de Medici of France and King Henry II of France's boyhood friend Richard Delacroix. In what has been called a coup d'tat, the Cardinal of Lorraine and the Duke of Guisewhose niece, Mary, Queen of Scots, had married Francis II the year beforeseized power the day after Henry II's death and quickly moved themselves into the Louvre Palace with the young couple. Artistic, energetic, and extraverted, as well as discreet, courageous, and gay, Catherine was greatly esteemed at the dazzling court of Francis I, from which she derived both her political attitudes and her passion for building. Catherine de Medici, also called Catherine de Mdicis, Italian Caterina de Medici, (born April 13, 1519, Florence [Italy]died January 5, 1589, Blois, France), queen consort of Henry II of France (reigned 154759) and subsequently regent of France (156074), who was one of the most influential personalities of the CatholicHuguenot wars. Under her son, Francis II, power was retained by the Guise brothers. Rumours of Henry's inability to produce children were by that time in wide circulation. WebHistorically, by Louis, she had two daughters, who were influential members of the royal household- there's no mention of a son like in the show, Sebastian . Then he set about the business of finding her a husband.[16]. Years later, Diane, daughter of Henry II and Philippa Duci, had Catherine's remains reinterred in the Saint-Denis basilica in Paris. In 1536, Henry's older brother, Francis, caught a chill after a game of tennis, contracted a fever and died shortly after, leaving Henry the heir. In 1561, with the support of the distinguished chancellor Michel de LHospital, she began by trying to propitiate the leaders of both religious factions, to effect reforms and economies by unassailably traditional methods, and to settle the religious conflict. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The wedding, a grand affair marked by extravagant display and gift-giving,[19] took place in the glise Saint-Ferrol les Augustins in Marseille on 28 October 1533. WebClarissa Delacroix was born in 1539, the illegitimate daughter of Queen Catherine de Medici of France and King Henry II of Frances boyhood friend Richard Delacroix. L'Estoile wrote: "those close to her believed that her life had been shortened by displeasure over her son's deed. Author of. He remarried to Marie de Medici and had several children by her. [46], When Catherine realized Francis was going to die, she made a pact with Antoine de Bourbon by which he would renounce his right to the regency of the future king, Charles IX, in return for the release of his brother Cond. The Venetian ambassador, Gerolamo Lipomanno, wrote: "She is an indefatigable princess, born to tame and govern a people as unruly as the French: they now recognize her merits, her concern for unity and are sorry not to have appreciated her sooner. She was also an influential patron Catherine could not hold back her sobs. Joan became even sicker, and she died, shortly before her son arrived, on 9 June. Catherine now rallied both Huguenot and Catholic forces to retake Le Havre from the English. Her eldest daughter was Elisabeth, and she was born on 2 April 1545. Clarice Orsini (c. 1453 29 July 1487) was the daughter of Jacopo (Giacomo) Orsini (see Orsini family), lord of Monterotondo and Bracciano, and his wife and cousin Maddalena Orsini. The regency was traditionally the preserve of the princes of the blood. Catherine delayed her daughters departure as much as she could, but they finally set out of for Spain on 18 November 1559. She took to her bed with a fever. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Of the chateaus she designed herselfincluding the TuileriesChenonceaux was her unfinished masterpiece. She even encouraged the king to spend more time with Catherine and sire more children. Catherine's husband, now Henry II, had been cared for at age eleven by Diane de Poitiers, who was twenty years his senior. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. The fourteen-year-old couple left their wedding ball at midnight to perform their nuptial duties. I have had him killed. [93] On her return to Paris in 1579, she was greeted outside the city by the Parlement and crowds. [136][137] They point out that Catherine's father-in-law, King Francis I, and the flower of the French aristocracy had dined at some of Italy's most lite tables during the king's Italian campaigns (and that an earlier generation had done so during King Charles VIII's invasion of 1494); that a vast Italian entourage had visited France for the wedding of Catherine de' Medici's father to her French-born mother; and that she had little influence at court until her husband's death because he was so besotted by his mistress, Diane de Poitiers. She had always enjoyed her visits to Claude, and now that would never be the same. After her brother's premature death in 1519, she educated his daughter Catherine, the future Queen of France . His interest in the tasks of government, however, proved fitful. Sutherland, Yet on 22 December 1588, Guise spent the night with his current mistress. For the next two years Catherines policy was one of peace and general reconciliation. In desperation, Catherine tried every known trick for getting pregnant, such as placing cow dung and ground stags' antlers on her "source of life", and drinking mule's urine. Because their birth very nearly cost Catherine her life, the king's physician advised the king that there should be no more children; therefore, Henry II stopped visiting his wife's bedroom and spent all his time with his longtime mistress, Diane de Poitiers. Despite her optimism, the resulting Colloquy of Poissy ended in failure on 13 October 1561, dissolving itself without her permission. [30] Diane never regarded Catherine as a threat. Both of her parents died within weeks of her birth, leaving her an orphan. In the Treaty of Nemours, signed on 7 July 1585, he was forced to give in to all the League's demands, even that he pay its troops. When Henry II died in 1559 Catherine de Medici went on to rule France in the name of her sons for the next 3 decades, until her death in 1589. Piero II de Medici+ b. On 34 April 1559, Henry signed the Peace of Cateau-Cambrsis with the Holy Roman Empire and England, ending a long period of Italian Wars. This afforded the Calvinists licensed coexistence with specific safeguards. I have done to him what he was going to do to me. At the same moment, eight members of the Guise family were rounded up, including the Duke of Guise's brother, Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, who Henry's men hacked to death the next day in the palace dungeons. She was born at the royal Chteau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where she spent her childhood alongside her sisters, the princesses Elisabeth and Claude. [125], Catherine de' Medici's great love among the arts was architecture. WebClarissa Delacroix (1539-1557) was the illegitimate daughter of Queen Catherine de Medici and the French noble Richard Delacroix. Jeanne replied: "Pardon me if, reading that, I want to laugh, because you want to relieve me of a fear that I've never had. The last two daughters were twins; one of the twins, Joan, died during the delivery and the other, Victoire, died a few weeks later. [121], The musical shows in particular allowed Catherine to express her creative gifts. In 1585, Margaret abandoned her husband and was even imprisoned. She was crowned in the Basilica of Saint-Denis on 10 June 1549. This probably cooled the relationship between Margaret and her mother considerably. [98] As Catherine put it, "peace is carried on a stick" (bton porte paix). Princess Margaret of Valois, also known as Margot,is the daughter of Catherine de Medici and Henry II. [55] The royal army struck back quickly and laid siege to Huguenot-held Rouen. When Francis II died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her 10-year-old son King Charles IX and was thus granted sweeping powers. She was soon part of marriage negotiations and was considered as a bride for King Edward VI of England. She was left in the care of Nostradamus, who secretly brought her to the French court and allowed for her to live in the secret passageways of the castle, out of the sight of her family, who believed that she had died. [96] The death of the heir to the throne in 1584 prompted the Duke of Guise to assume the leadership of the Catholic League. [23] This proved that Henry was fertile and added to the pressure on Catherine to produce a child. Not much later, she actually married Philip himself when he was widowed upon the death of Queen Mary I of England. Catherine built two new palaces in Paris: the Tuileries and the Htel de la Reine. [4] Without Catherine, it is unlikely that her sons would have remained in power. [120], Beyond portraiture, little is known about the painting at Catherine de' Medici's court. At the meeting of the Estates, Henry thanked Catherine for all she had done. Henry arrived in the bedroom with King Francis, who is said to have stayed until the marriage was consummated. Their sister Mary of Guise had married James V of Scotland in 1538 and was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots. On 12 May 1588, they set up barricades in the streets and refused to take orders from anyone except the Duke of Guise. At first, Catherine compromised and made concessions to the rebelling Calvinist Protestants, or Huguenots, as they became known. Many portraits in her collection were by Jean Clouet (14801541) and his son Franois Clouet (c.1510 1572). She was born less than 20 years ago to the couple while the Queen's husband was away. Huguenot writers later accused Catherine of murdering her with poisoned gloves. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Catherine met Coligny, but he refused to back down. Unlike his brothers, he came to the throne as a grown man. Historian Frances Yates has called her "a great creative artist in festivals. In 1793, a revolutionary mob tossed her bones into a mass grave with those of the other kings and queens.[114]. In 1537, he had a brief affair with Philippa Duci, who gave birth to a daughter, whom he publicly acknowledged. Clarissa Delacroix (1539-1557) was the illegitimate daughter of Queen Catherine de Medici and the French noble Richard Delacroix. Catherine, who was said to have received the news without emotion, made a tearful visit to Coligny and promised to punish his attacker. [92] Her role in his government became that of chief executive and roving diplomat. Catherine de Medici was the daughter of Lorenzo di Piero de Medici, duca di Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour dAuvergne, a Bourbon princess related to many of the French nobility. On one occasion, in March 1578, she lectured him for six hours about his dangerously subversive behaviour. Charles and Claude had a happy marriage, and their close proximity to the French court meant that they were able to visit Catherine often. [20] Prince Henry danced and jousted for Catherine. The death of Pope Leo in 1521 briefly interrupted Medici power until Cardinal Giulio de' Medici was elected Pope Clement VII in 1523. [119] After Catherine's death, a decline in the quality of French portraiture set in. Catherine was unable to control Henry in the way she had Francis and Charles. Others point to the Guise family or a Spanish-papal plot to end Coligny's influence on the king. He noted that "each had shown valour in the joust". Catherine then spent an hour trying to make Margaret presentable again. [141] An infertile woman, and in particular an infertile queen, was therefore regarded as 'unnatural' and a small step from supernatural. Claude was raised alongside her sister Elisabeth, the future Queen of Spain, and sister-in-law Queen Mary of Scotland. Frieda 2003, p. 48 (NY edition): "J'ai reu la fille toute nue." Margaret, however, was secretly involved with Henry of Guise, the son of the late Duke of Guise. [58] On 19 March 1563, the Edict of Amboise, also known as the Edict of Pacification, ended the war. Catherine and the king then beat her, ripping her nightclothes and pulling out handfuls of her hair.[71]. Young Elisabeth constantly suffered from childhood ailments and had not inherited her mothers robust health. Yes, Catherine De Medici has an illegitimate child named Clarissa Delacroix, after her affair with Richard Delacroix. [52] On 1 March 1562, however, in an incident known as the Massacre of Vassy, the Duke of Guise and his men attacked worshipping Huguenots in a barn at Vassy (Wassy), killing 74 and wounding 104. Therefore, her policies may be seen as desperate measures to keep the House of Valois on the throne at all costs and her patronage of the arts as an attempt to glorify a monarchy whose prestige was in steep decline. [14] In October 1529, Charles's troops laid siege to Florence. In early 1572, Joan Henrys mother and Queen regnant of Navarre arrived in France feeling ill and tired but determined to see the marriage negotiations through. [117], An inventory drawn up at the Htel de la Reine after Catherine's death shows her to have been a keen collector. "[112] She visited her old friend Cardinal de Bourbon on 1 January 1589 to tell him she was sure he would soon be freed. [78], The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, which began two days later, has stained Catherine's reputation ever since. Over the years, Catherine gave birth to ten children of which five were daughters. Under Salic law, by which only males could ascend the throne, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre now became heir presumptive to the French crown.[35]. [8] King Francis wanted Catherine to be raised at the French court, but Pope Leo refused, claiming he wanted her to marry Ippolito de' Medici. On 15 June 1588, Henry duly signed the Act of Union, which gave in to all the League's latest demands. Essentially, however, there exists no concrete proof that either woman took part in the occult, and it is now believed that Catherine's trouble in providing an heir was in fact due to Henry II's penile deformity.[142]. Her efforts won Catherine new respect from the French people. Catherine appointed a mixed commission of moderates that devised two formulas of consummate ambiguity, by which they hoped to resolve the basic, Eucharist controversy. Not interested? Greg Bryk, an actor, played him. This she envisaged in terms of the marriage of her daughter Marguerite to the young Protestant leader, Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France), and alliance with England through the marriage of her son Henry, duc dAnjou, or, failing him, his younger brother Franois, duc dAlenon, to Queen Elizabeth. WebHenry II was the philandering king of France who carried out an affair with Kenna, lady-in-waiting to the queen of Scotland, despite already being married to Catherine de' Medici.He was an ambitious man, especially when it came to taking England, which he spent years trying to do.Following his son's marriage to Mary Stuart, Henry descended into madness Within a month Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Cond, and Admiral Gaspard de Coligny had raised an army of 1,800. [67] "We have come to the determination to die, all of us", Jeanne wrote to Catherine, "rather than abandon our God, and our religion. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. They formed an alliance with England and seized town after town in France. Anyone who tells you differently is a liar. For a summary of the fluctuations in Catherine's historical reputation, see the preface to R. J. Knecht's. 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WebMaybe it goes without saying (because The CW did make a whole TV show about it called Reign), but Catherines daughter-in-law was the equally infamous Mary, Queen of Scots. Biography Early Life His choice thwarted Catherine's plans for a political marriage to a foreign princess. Meanwhile, Cond raised an army and in autumn 1560 began attacking towns in the south. The legend that de' Medici introduced a long list of foods, techniques and utensils from Italy to France is discredited by food historians. Nevertheless, the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, signed on 8 August 1570 because the royal army ran out of cash, conceded wider toleration to the Huguenots than ever before. Catherine de' Medici was born Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici[7] on 13 April 1519 in Florence, Republic of Florence, the only child of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and his wife, Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, the countess of Boulogne. The chronicler L'Estoile reported that she cried all through her lunch that day. Her three other daughters did survive to adulthood. She was one of the most influential personalities of the CatholicHuguenot wars (Wars of Religion; 156298). She therefore told him: "Since you rely on your forces, we will show you ours". Knecht, 272. Clement summoned Catherine from her beloved convent to join him in Rome where he greeted her with open arms and tears in his eyes. His dying words were "oh, my mother" The day before he died, he named Catherine regent, since his brother and heir, Henry the Duke of Anjou, was in the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, where he had been elected king the year before. [146] As a result, some (more extreme) authors[147] believe Catherine to be the creator of the Black Mass, a Satanic inversion of the traditional Catholic Mass, although there is little to prove this aside from Jean Bodin's account in his book De la dmonomanie des sorciers. [26] Catherine quickly conceived again and on 2 April 1545 she bore a daughter, Elisabeth. The Spanish ambassador told Philip II that the abscess was about to burst.[103]. [50] Catherine failed because she saw the religious divide only in political terms. Catherine outlived all her children except Henry III, who died seven months after her, and Margaret, who inherited her robust health. Thus began her lifelong struggleexplicit in her correspondencewith these extremists who, supported by Spain and the papacy, sought to dominate the crown and extinguish its independence in the commingled interests of European Catholicism and personal aggrandizement. She also met her daughter Elisabeth at Bayonne near the Spanish border, amidst lavish court festivities. When Catherine found this out, she had her daughter brought from her bed. As the siege dragged on, voices called for Catherine to be killed and exposed naked and chained to the city walls. How old was Catherine de Medici when she got married? [104] Philip II of Spain prepared for an invasion of England. Margaret, however, became almost as much of a thorn in Catherine's side as Francis, and in 1582, she returned to the French court without her husband. She travelled widely across the kingdom, enforcing his authority and trying to head off war. [69], Catherine looked to further Valois interests by grand dynastic marriages. Unlike the proposals of Poissy, the edict was law, which the Protestants accepted and the Catholics rejected. The papal nuncio Salviati observed, "it is only with difficulty that we can imagine there will be offspring physicians and those who know him well say that he has an extremely weak constitution and will not live long." sir kenny dalglish stand seating plan, wrestlemania axxess 2022, someone put a bill in my name without my permission,
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