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Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France 1519–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 APR 1519

Birth Location: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Death Date: 05 JAN 1589

Death Location: Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France

Father: Laurent Médicis

Mother: Madeleine d'Auvergne

Spouse(s): Henry Valois-Angouleme

Children(s): Claudia Frankrijk-Valois, Francis France, Francois Valois, Elizabeth Valois, Louis France, Louis Valois, Catherine deValios, Charles Valois, Henry Valois, Marguerite Valois, Hercule Valois, Victoire Valois, Jeanne France

Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France was born in 1519 in Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy, the child of Laurent De Medicis And Madeleine De La Tour D Auvergne. Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France married Henry Ii King Of France Capet Valois Angouleme, and had children including Catherine Of France Capet Devalios, Charles Maximilian Ix King Of France Valois, Claudia Van Frankrijk Valois, Elizabeth Of Valois, Francis Ii King Of France, Francois Francis Ii King Consort Of Scotland King Of France Valois, Henry Iii Alexandre Edouard King Of France And Poland Grand Duke Of Lithuania Valois, Hercule Francois Prince Of France Duke Of Anjou Alencon Valois, Jeanne De France, Louis De France, Louis Duke Of Orleans Valois, Marguerite Margaret Of Queen Consort Of Navarre And France Valois, Victoire Of France De Valois. Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France passed away in 1589 in Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France.

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Biography

  • Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France was born in 1519 in Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy, the child of Laurent De Medicis And Madeleine De La Tour D Auvergne.
  • Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France married Henry Ii King Of France Capet Valois Angouleme, and had children including Catherine Of France Capet Devalios, Charles Maximilian Ix King Of France Valois, Claudia Van Frankrijk Valois, Elizabeth Of Valois, Francis Ii King Of France, Francois Francis Ii King Consort Of Scotland King Of France Valois, Henry Iii Alexandre Edouard King Of France And Poland Grand Duke Of Lithuania Valois, Hercule Francois Prince Of France Duke Of Anjou Alencon Valois, Jeanne De France, Louis De France, Louis Duke Of Orleans Valois, Marguerite Margaret Of Queen Consort Of Navarre And France Valois, Victoire Of France De Valois.
  • Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France passed away in 1589 in Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France.

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Catherine France's Ancestors

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Catherine France
1519–1589
Birth Place: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Parents
Laurent de Médicis
1492–1519
Madeleine (de La Tour) d'Auvergne
–1519
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine France's Descendants

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Catherine (de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of) France (13 APR 1519–05 JAN 1589) m. Henry (II, King of France Capet) Valois-Angouleme (31 MAR 1519–10 JUL 1559)
  1. 1. Claudia (Van) Frankrijk-Valois 1547–1575 m. Karel (aka Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, van) Lotharingen 1543–1608
    1. 1. X (Christina of) Lorraine 1565–1637 m. Ferdinando (I de) Medici 1549–1609
      1. 1. Cosimo (II de) Medici 1590–1621 m. Maria (Magdalena Van) Oostenrijk-Habsburg 1589–1631
        1. 1. Margaretha (De Medici) Toscane 1612–1679 m. Eduard (I Hertog Van) Parma-Farnese 1612–1646
        2. 2. Maria (Cristina de) Medici 1609–1632
        3. 3. Ferdinando (de) Medici 1610–1670
        4. 4. Gian (Carlo de) Medici 1611–1663
        5. 5. Matteo (de) Medici 1613–1667
        6. 6. Francesco (de) Medici 1614–1634
        7. 7. Anna (de) Medici 1616–1676
        8. 8. Leopoldo (de) Medici 1617–1675
      2. 2. Claudia (De) Medici 1604–1648
    2. 2. Henri (II de) Lorraine 1563–1624
    3. 3. Charles (de) Lorraine 1567–1607
    4. 4. Antoinette (de) Lorraine 1568–1610
    5. 5. Anne (de) Lorraine 1569–1576
    6. 6. François (II de) Lorraine 1572–1632
    7. 7. Catherine (de) Lorraine 1573–1648
    8. 8. Claude (de) Lorraine 1574–1576
    9. 9. Elisabeth (Renata Of) Lorraine 1574–1635
  2. 2. Francis (II King of) France 1544–1560
  3. 3. Francois (Francis II King Consort of Scotland, King of France) Valois 1544–1560
  4. 4. Elizabeth (of) Valois 1545–1568
  5. 5. Louis (de) France 1549–1550
  6. 6. Louis (Duke of Orleans) Valois 1549–1549
  7. 7. Catherine (of France Capet) deValios 1550–1610
  8. 8. Charles (Maximilian IX King of France) Valois 1550–1574
  9. 9. Henry (III Alexandre Édouard King of France And Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania) Valois 1551–1589
  10. 10. Marguerite (Margaret of Queen Consort of Navarre And France) Valois 1553–1615
  11. 11. Hercule (François Prince of France, Duke of Anjou & Alencon) Valois 1555–1584
  12. 12. Victoire (of France De) Valois 1556–1556
  13. 13. Jeanne (de) France 1556–1556

Catherine France's Timeline

2 Records

1519
13 APR 1519
Birth of Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France in Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
1589
05 JAN 1589
Age 70
Death of Catherine de ‘Medici Queen Consort Of France in Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France
Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 APR 1519
    Event Place: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 JAN 1589
    Event Place: Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France

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