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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 Auvergne

Spouse(s): Henry France

Children(s): Elisabeth Valois, Francois II, King France, Jeanne France, Marguerite Valois, Henri France, François Alencon, Claude France, Louis France, Victoire France

In 1519, Catherine de Medici entered the world in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy, born to Lorenzo Ii Di Piero De Medici And Madeleine Countess Of Boulogne De La Tour Auvergne. Catherine de Medici married Henry Ii Of France, and had children including Claude De France, Elisabeth De Valois, Francois Hercule De Alencon, Francois Ii, Henri Iii De France, Jeanne De France, King Charles Ix Maximilian Aka Karel De Valois Of France, Louis De France, Marguerite De Valois, Victoire De 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 Di Piero De Medici And Madeleine Countess Of Boulogne De La Tour Auvergne.
  • Catherine de Medici married Henry Ii Of France, and had children including Claude De France, Elisabeth De Valois, Francois Hercule De Alencon, Francois Ii, Henri Iii De France, Jeanne De France, King Charles Ix Maximilian Aka Karel De Valois Of France, Louis De France, Marguerite De Valois, Victoire De France.
  • Catherine de Medici passed away in 1589 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lorenzo MEDICI
1492–1519
Birth Location: Florence, Republic of Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italie
LM
Madeleine Auvergne
1501–1519
Birth Location: Verberie Sur, Oise, Picardie, France
MA

Spouses(s)

Henry France
1519–1559
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
HF

Children(s)

Elisabeth Valois
1545–1568
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Seine Et Marne, Ile-De-France, France
EV
Francois II
1544–1560
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
FI
King France
1550–1574
Birth Location: Château de Saint Germain-en-Laye, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Kingdom of France
KF
Jeanne France
1556–1556
Birth Location: Paris, France
JF
Marguerite Valois
1553–1615
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
MV
Henri France
1551–1589
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
HF
François Alencon
1555–1584
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
FA
Claude France
1547–1575
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Ile-De-France, France
CF
Louis France
1549–1550
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Île-De-France, France
LF
Victoire France
1556–1556
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, France
VF

Catherine Medici's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Medici
1519–1589
Birth Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Parents
Lorenzo II Di Piero de MEDICI
1492–1519
Florence, Republic of Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italie
Madeleine (Countess of Boulogne DE LA Tour) Auvergne
1501–1519
Verberie Sur, Oise, Picardie, France
Grandparents
Alfonsina Orsini
1472–1520
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Pietro (de) MEDICIS
1472–1503
Florence, Toscane
Jean (de La Tour) d'Auvergne
1467–1501
Jeanne (de) Bourbon-Vendome
1465–1511
Great-Grandparents
Roberto Orsini
1425–1476
Caterina Sanseverino
1426–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Carlos Orsini
1405–1445

Catherine Medici's Descendants

1.
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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. Elisabeth (De) Valois 1545–1568 m. Carlos I. 1527–1598
    1. 1. Jean Thériot 1556–1644
    2. 2. Isabella (Clara Eugenia Of) Habsburg 1556–1633 m. Albert (VII Le Pieux de) HABSBOURG 1559–1621
      1. 1. Albert (de) HABSBURG 1606–
      2. 2. Anna (Mauritia de) HABSBURG 1601–1666
      3. 3. Philipp (de) HABSBURG 1605–1607
    3. 3. Catherine (Michèle DE) Habsbourg 1567–1597 m. Carlo (Emanuele I of) Savoy 1562–1630
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Van) Savoye 1591–1626
      2. 2. Margarethe (Van) Savoye 1589–1655
      3. 3. Isabella (of) Savoy 1591–1626
      4. 4. Vittorio (Amedeo I of) Savoy 1587–1637
      5. 5. Thomas (Francis) Savoie-(Italy) 1596–1656
  2. 2. Francois II 1544–1560 m. Mary (I. Queen) Stuart 1542–1587
  3. 3. King (Charles IX Maximilian aka Karel De Valois of) France 1550–1574 m. Marie (Touchet Madame de) Bellevelle 1549–1638
    1. 1. Charles (III Count d'Auvergne; duke d'Angouleme de Valois) (Capet) 1573–1650 m. Charlotte (Marguerite de) Montmorency 1571–1636
      1. 1. Anne (de) VALOIS 1619–1679
      2. 2. François (De) VALOIS 1598–1622 m. Louise (Henriette De La Châtre Dame De Maison) Fort 1600–1634
        1. 1. Denise (De) Valois 1620–1650
        2. 2. Marie (Louise Elisabeth Aimée) Pot –1684
      3. 3. Henri (De) VALOIS 1594–1668
      4. 4. Marie (de) VALOIS 1610–1708 m. David (Daniel De Hazeville Seigneur of) Gadencourt 1605–1675
        1. 1. Esther (de) Hazeville 1622–1676
      5. 5. Count (Charles De) Valois 1642–1697
      6. 6. Louis (Emmanuel deCHEVALIER de VALOIS de RENI LOUIS EMMANUEL deCHEVALIER de VALOIS de) RENI 1596–1653 m. Marie (Henriette Lady Chaumont DE LA) GUICHE 1600–1682
        1. 1. Count 1642–1697 m. Elizabeth (HARTWELL de) VALOIS-ANGOULÊME 1643–1669
        2. 2. Francoise (Marie Dss Dangouleme de) VALOIS 1631–1696
        3. 3. Armand (de) VALOIS 1635–1639
        4. 4. Francois (de) VALOIS 1639–1644
        5. 5. Louis (de) VALOIS 1631–1637
        6. 6. Marie (Francoise de) VALOIS 1631–1696
    2. 2. Marie-Elisabeth (de) France 1572–1578 m. Antoine (de) VALOIS 1565–
  4. 4. Jeanne (de) France 1556–1556
  5. 5. Marguerite (de) Valois 1553–1615 m. King (Henry IV of France House of Bourbon, King of Navarre &) France 1553–1610
    1. 1. Henrietta Maria 1609–1669 m. Charles (I. King Of England Scotland And Ireland Duke Of York Duke Of Cornwall Duke Of Rothesay Duke Of) Albany 1600–1660
      1. 1. Charlesii (King Of) England 1633–1701 m. Ann York 1625–1660 m. Elizabeth (Killigrew -Mistress Of Charles) 11 1622–1680 m. Barbara (Duchess de Villiers) Grandison 1647–1709
        1. 1. Charles (Palmer Fitzroy Born Fitzroy Nd) Duke 1662–1730
        2. 2. Henry (Fitzroy St Duke Of) Fitzroy 1663–1690
        3. 3. George (Fitzroy St Duke Of) Fitzroy 1665–1716
        4. 4. Katherine Stuart 1658–1759
        5. 5. Anne Fitzroy 1661–1722
        6. 6. Charles Fitzcharles 1657–1680
        7. 7. Charlotte (Jemima Henrietta Maria) Fitzroy 1650–1684
      2. 2. Henrietta (Anne Princess Stuart Of England And Scotland Duchess Of) Orleans 1644–1670
      3. 3. Henry (Duke Of) Gloucester 1639–1660
    2. 2. Sans (Postérité MAISON de) BOURBON 1569–1584
    3. 3. Marguerite Bourbon 1580–
    4. 4. Romola (de) Medici 1568–1568
    5. 5. César (Estrees de Vendome de Bourbon of) France 1594–1665
    6. 6. Catherine-Henriette (de) Bourbon-Vendôme 1596–1663
    7. 7. Nicolas (Henri de) Bourbon 1607–1611
    8. 8. Maria (Christina of) France 1606–1663
    9. 9. Prinzessin (Elizabeth aka Isabella de Bourbon Queen of) Spain 1602–1644
    10. 10. Gaston, (Prince of France, Duke of) Orléans 1608–1660 m. Marguerite (of de) LORRAINE-VAUDÉMONT 1615–1672
      1. 1. Duchess (Anna Marie Louise) d'ORLÉANS 1627–1693 m. Antonin (Duc de Lauzin NOMPAR de) CAUMONT 1633–1723 m. Franchoys (Vermeulen Duke) d'Orleans 1625–1690
        1. 1. Gyles Vermillion 1659–1689
        2. 2. Germain (Vermillion) 1662–1701
        3. 3. Giles (Caile (Vermillion )) sr 1685–1779
      2. 2. Françoise (Madeleine Madeleine) d'ORLEANS 1648–1664
      3. 3. Marguerite (Louise) d'ORLÉANS 1645–1721
      4. 4. Marie-Anne d'ORLÉANS 1652–1656
      5. 5. Élisabeth (Marguerite de) BOURBON-ORLÉANS 1646–1696 m. Louis (Joseph de Lorraine de Guise-Joyeuse de) Lorraine-Guise 1650–1671
        1. 1. François (Joseph de Lorraine de) Guise-Joyeuse 1670–1675
      6. 6. Jean (Gaston de Valois d'Orléans de) France 1650–1652
      7. 7. Louis (d'Orléans bâtard d'Orléans, chevalier de) Charny 1638–1692
    11. 11. Ludwig (XIII König von Frankreich und) Navarra 1601–1643
    12. 12. Noelle (Gagnon) Gaguet 1597–1651
    13. 13. Henri (de Bourbon-Condé) II 1588–1646
  6. 6. Henri (III de) France 1551–1589 m. Louise (de) Lorraine 1553–1623
  7. 7. François (Hercule de) Alencon 1555–1584 m. Emilia (of Nassau Queen of The) Netherlands 1557–
  8. 8. Claude (de) France 1547–1575
  9. 9. Louis (de) France 1549–1550
  10. 10. Victoire (de) 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] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 760847
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: de Medici
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 760847

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 January 1589
    Event Place: Blois, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 760847
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    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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