{"slug": "catherine-de-medici", "label": "Catherine de' Medici", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de%27_Medici", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131552", "qid": "Q131552", "description": "queen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)", "entries": 22, "years": 14, "span": [1519, 1589], "span_label": ["1519 CE", "1589 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Joan of Valois (1556)", "Victoria of Valois"], "related": [{"slug": "henry-ii-of-france", "label": "Henry II of France", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "charles-ix-of-france", "label": "Charles IX of France", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-france", "label": "Henry III of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "marseille", "label": "Marseille", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "huguenots", "label": "Huguenots", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "french-wars-of-religion", "label": "French Wars of Religion", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-i-prince-of-conde", "label": "Louis I, Prince of Condé", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francis-duke-of-anjou", "label": "Francis, Duke of Anjou", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mary-queen-of-scots", "label": "Mary, Queen of Scots", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "regent", "label": "Regent", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Catherine de' Medici, Italian noblewoman, queen consort of Henry II of France and regent of France (d. 1589)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#Births", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 - Catherine de' Medici, queen of France (d.1589).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736331#Births", "title": "1519 in France", "revid": 1353736331, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – The 14-year olds Henry, Duke of Orléans – the future King Henry II of France – and Catherine de' Medici are married at the Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins in Marseille.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359627731#October–December", "title": "1533", "revid": 1359627731, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 - Catherine de’ Medici and Henry II, future Queen and King of France, got married in Marseille.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736408#Events", "title": "1533 in France", "revid": 1353736408, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 - Claude of Valois, Duchess of Lorraine, daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici (d.1575).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736520#Births", "title": "1547 in France", "revid": 1353736520, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1555, "year_label": "1555 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – François, Duke of Anjou, youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici (d. 1584)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561106#Births", "title": "1555", "revid": 1369561106, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Victoria of Valois, French princess (d. 1556)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#Births", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Joan of Valois, French princess (d. 1556)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#Births", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Joan of Valois, French princess (b. 1556)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#Deaths", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Victoria of Valois, French princess (b. 1556)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#Deaths", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Francis II becomes King of France following the death of his father, Henry II. Members of the House of Guise and the new king's mother Catherine de' Medici dispute control over the kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#July–September", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Seventeen-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, is widowed by the death of her first husband, King Francis II of France. Her mother-in-law, Catherine de' Medici, becomes regent of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736601#Events", "title": "1560 in France", "revid": 1353736601, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Charles IX succeeds his brother Francis as King of France, after Francis dies of a severe ear infection at the age of 16. Francis's mother (Mary's mother-in-law), Catherine de' Medici, becomes regent of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#October–December", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the Huguenot Louis I, Prince of Condé, and Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France. It accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats. It officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#January–March", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the Huguenot Louis, Prince of Condé, and Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France, according some toleration to Huguenots, especially to aristocrats; this officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736630#Events", "title": "1563 in France", "revid": 1353736630, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – The Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de' Medici and Charles IX make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#January–March", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1572, "year_label": "1572 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries Margaret of Valois, sister of King Charles and daughter of Catherine de' Medici, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370792520#July–September", "title": "1572", "revid": 1370792520, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – On the death of King Charles IX of France of a tubercular condition at the Château de Vincennes, he is succeeded by his brother King Henry of Poland, who becomes King Henry III of France. His mother, Catherine de' Medici, acts as Regent, until Henry arrives from Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#April–June", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1581, "year_label": "1581 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Ballet Comique de la Reine, the first narrative ballet, devised by Louise of Lorraine, wife of Henry III of France, and choreographed by Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx, opens in its first performance at the court of Catherine de' Medici, in the Louvre Palace in Paris, as part of the wedding celebrations for Marguerite of Lorraine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362478489#October–December", "title": "1581", "revid": 1362478489, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1584, "year_label": "1584 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10- François, Duke of Anjou, youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.(b.1555)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736798#Deaths", "title": "1584 in France", "revid": 1353736798, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1589, "year_label": "1589 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – The reign of Catherine de' Medici as Countess of Auvergne ends after 64 years and she is succeeded by her grandson, Charles de Valois.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359971295#January–March", "title": "1589", "revid": 1359971295, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1589, "year_label": "1589 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359971295#Deaths", "title": "1589", "revid": 1359971295, "section": "Deaths"}}]}