MARIE DE MEDICI DUPRÉ, Guillaume: France, 1624, Bronze, 101 mm Marie de Medici (1573-1642) was born in Florence, the
daughter of Francis de Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and Joanna, an
Austrian Archduchess. She married Henry IV of France in 1600 and became
queen consort. Her children included her eldest son, who became Louis
XIII,
Gaston duke of Orleans, Elizabeth queen of Spain, Christine duchess of Savoy
and Henrietta Maria queen of England. She became queen regent of France upon
the murder of Henry IV in 1610. In 1616 Cardinal Richelieu entered her
councils. LINK to Marie de Medici, Queen of France by Peter Paul Rubens (from ARC International) |
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