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Catherine de Medici 1519–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 April 1519

Birth Location: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Death Date: 5 January 1589

Death Location: Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France

Father: Lorenzo MEDICI

Mother: Madeleine TOUR

Spouse(s): Henry France

Children(s): Isabel France, Francois France, Claude Lorraine, Marguerite France, Louis Orleans, Charles France, Henry France, Princess France, Princess France

In 1519, Catherine de Medici entered the world in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy, born to Lorenzo Ii De Medici And Madeleine De La Tour. Catherine de Medici married Henry Ii Of France, and had children including Charles Ix Of France, Claude De Valois Duchess Of Lorraine, Francis Duke Of Anjou, Francois Ii Dauphin Of France, Henry Iii Of France, Isabel Elizabeth De Valois Of France, Louis Duke Of Orleans, Marguerite De Valois Queen Of France, Princess Joan Of France, Princess Victoria Of France. Catherine de Medici passed away in 1589 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • In 1519, Catherine de Medici entered the world in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy, born to Lorenzo Ii De Medici And Madeleine De La Tour.
  • Catherine de Medici married Henry Ii Of France, and had children including Charles Ix Of France, Claude De Valois Duchess Of Lorraine, Francis Duke Of Anjou, Francois Ii Dauphin Of France, Henry Iii Of France, Isabel Elizabeth De Valois Of France, Louis Duke Of Orleans, Marguerite De Valois Queen Of France, Princess Joan Of France, Princess Victoria Of France.
  • Catherine de Medici passed away in 1589 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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Catherine Medici's Ancestors

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Catherine Medici
1519–1589
Birth Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Parents
Lorenzo II de' MEDICI
1492–1519
Madeleine (de la) TOUR
1495–1519
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine Medici's Descendants

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Catherine (de) Medici (13 April 1519–5 January 1589) m. Henry (II of) France (31 March 1519–10 July 1559)
  1. 1. Isabel (Elizabeth de VALOIS of) France 1545–1568 m. Philip (II of) Spain 1527–1598
    1. 1. Isabella (Clara) Eugenia 1566–1633 m. Albert (VII Archduke of) Austria 1559–1621
    2. 2. Catherine (Michelle of) Spain 1567–1597 m. Charles (Emmanuel I Duke of) Savoy 1562–1630
      1. 1. Felicia (of) Savoye 1610–1643
      2. 2. Victor (Amadeus I of) Savoy 1587–1637
      3. 3. Thomas (Frans of) Savoy 1596–1656
    3. 3. miscarried (twin) daughters 1564–1564
    4. 4. unnamed son 1560–1560
    5. 5. miscarried daughter –1568
  2. 2. Francois (II Dauphin of) France 1544–1560 m. Mary (STEWART Queen of Scots Queen of) France 1542–1587
  3. 3. Claude (de Valois Duchess of) Lorraine 1547–1575 m. Charles (III de) Lorraine 1543–1608
    1. 1. Christina (Grand Duchess of Tuscany) Lorraine 1565–1637 m. Ferdinand (I de MEDICI Grand Duke of) Tuscany 1549–1609
      1. 1. Cosimo (II De Medici Grand Duke of) Tuscany 1590–1621 m. Maria (Magdalena von) Habsburg 1589–1631
        1. 1. Anna (De) Medici 1616–1676 m. Ferdinand (Karl of) Austria 1628–1662
      2. 2. Caterina (de Medici of) Toscany 1593–1629 m. Ferdinando (I GONZAGA Duke of Mantua and) Montferrat 1587–1626
      3. 3. Carlo (di Ferdinando de) Medici 1595–1666
      4. 4. Claudia (de Medici Princess of) Toscany 1604–1648 m. Leopold (V of Austria Archduke Of) Austria 1586–1632
        1. 1. Ferdinand (Karl of) Austria 1628–1662 m. Anna (De) Medici 1616–1676
        2. 2. Maria (Leopoldina of) Austria 1632–1649
        3. 3. Sigismund (Franz of Austria Bishop of Augsburg, Archduke of) Austria 1630–1665 m. Maria (Hedwig Auguste Sulzbach of the) Palatinate 1650–1681
        4. 4. Maria (Eleonore van) Habsburg 1627–1629
        5. 5. Clara (Isabelle of) Habsburg 1629–1685 m. Carlo (II of) GONZAGA 1629–1665
  4. 4. Marguerite (de Valois Queen of) France 1553–1615 m. Henry (IV of France aka Henry III of) NAVARRE 1553–1610
  5. 5. Louis (Duke of) Orleans 1549–1550
  6. 6. Charles (IX of) France 1550–1574 m. Elisabeth (of) Austria 1554–1592
    1. 1. Marie-Élizabeth (de) Valois 1572–1578
    2. 2. Charles (de) Valois 1573–1650
  7. 7. Henry (III of) France 1551–1589 m. Louise (de) Lorraine-Vaudemont 1553–1601
  8. 8. Princess (Joan of) France 1556–1556
  9. 9. Princess (Victoria of) France 1556–1556

Catherine Medici's Timeline

2 Records

1519
13 April 1519
Birth of Catherine de Medici in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
1589
5 January 1589
Age 70
Death of Catherine de Medici in Blois, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Blois, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 April 1519
    Event Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 January 1589
    Event Place: Blois, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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