Catherine de Medici ... King of France. Catherine's mother died when she was two-weeks-old and her father soon afterwards. In 1533, at the age of 14, ...

T he Starz series The Serpent Queen is a historical drama that centers on Catherine de Medici, the Queen of France from 1547 ...

In a life lived across most of the 16th century, Catherine de' Medici was Queen of France, the mother of three kings and two queens, and the mother-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The real Catherine de’ Medici was born in Florence on April 13, 1519. When she was only 14 years old, she married Henri (or Henry), the second son of King Francis I of France (Colm Meaney).

Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century France by Dr Estelle Paranque and comedian Shaparak Khorsandi to learn all about controversial queen Catherine de’ Medici. Catherine’s life was dramatic ...

Lurid rumors whirled of Catherine de’ Medici’s malice, sorcery and cunning. Yet she had long tried to work around sectarian divisions in France.

When Francis II, the 16-year-old king of France, was on his deathbed in 1560, his mother, Catherine de’ Medici, realized she was about to lose her tenuous grasp on power.

In “Catherine de’ Medici,” Mary Hollingsworth provides a tempered view of the woman who shaped France at a critical moment in its history.