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Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France 1519 – 1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 April 1519

Birth Location: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Death Date: 5 Jan 1589

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

Father: Duke Urbino

Mother: Madeleine dAuvergne

Spouse(s): King Valois-Angoulême,

Children(s): Catherine France

The story of Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France began in 1519 in Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy. Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France married King Henry II Valois-Angoulême,, and had children including Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England, Princess of France. 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

  • The story of Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France began in 1519 in Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy.
  • Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France married King Henry II Valois-Angoulême,, and had children including Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England, Princess of France.
  • Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France passed away in 1589 in Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Duke Urbino
1492 – 1519
Birth Location: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
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Madeleine dAuvergne
1501 – 1519
Birth Location: Verberie Sur, Oise, Picardie, France
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Spouses(s)

King Valois-Angoulême,
1519 – 1559
Birth Location: Château de Saint Germain-en-Laye, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Kingdom of France or Saint-Germain-En-Laye, Ile-De-France, France
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Children(s)

Catherine France
1550 – 1610
Birth Location: Paris, France
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Catherine France's Ancestors

Self
Catherine France
1519 – 1589
Birth Place: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Parents
Duke Lorenzo II de Medici Urbino
1492 – 1519
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Madeleine (Countess Boulogne deLaTour) dAuvergne
1501 – 1519
Verberie Sur, Oise, Picardie, France
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine France's Descendants

1.
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Catherine (de' Medici Queen Consort of) France (13 April 1519 – 5 Jan 1589) m. King (Henry II) Valois-Angoulême, (31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559)
  1. 1. Catherine (of Valois, Queen Consort of England, Princess of) France (1550 – 1610) m. Sir (Owen Tudor,) Knight (1535 – Jul 1604)
    1. 1. Edmund (Tudor 1st Earl of) Richmond (1515 – 22 Nov 1563)

Catherine France's Timeline

2 Records

1519
13 April 1519
Birth of Catherine de' Medici Queen Consort of France in Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
1589
5 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 April 1519
    Event Place: Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1589
    Event Place: Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Kingdom of France
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