Sep 6, 2022 · At 14, the young, orphaned Catherine (Liv Hill) marries into the 16th-century French court. Despite her commoner status, her uncle Pope Clement (Charles Dance), has negotiated …

Sep 13, 2022 · Episode 1 of The Serpent Queen titled ‘The Medici Bitch’ shows Catherine de Medici’s childhood and how she came to marry Henry I. The episode opens in the present with …

An orphan from a wealthy Italian family in Florence and raised in a convent since infancy, Catherine is sent by her uncle, Pope Clement VII, as a potential bride for Henri, the second …

Sep 22, 2022 · Appearing as Pope Clement VII in "The Serpent Queen," Charles Dance OBE is a British actor with decades of recognizable roles on the big and small screens. Back in the …

Sep 9, 2022 · The rebels surrendered on August 12, 1530, paving the way for a newly freed Catherine to join her uncle, Pope Clement VII, in Rome. There, the Medici pope began making …

Aug 4, 2024 · Hence, the show finds the perfect balance between the ruthless events leading up to her freedom, thanks to Pope Clement (Walter Charles Dance), and her unique, cunning, …

On her wedding night, her uncle (Pope Clement VII), father-in-law, brother-in-law and a number of other nobles and royal attendants witness the consummation. And when money is needed to …

Sep 29, 2022 · Starz’s new period drama, ‘The Serpent Queen’, blends history into fiction to tell the story of Catherine de Medici — one of the most powerful women in France. In this period …

Sep 11, 2022 · With no one to take over her guardianship, she is left in a convent in Tuscany, which is where she spends the next few years of her life until eventually, she is captured by …

Sep 11, 2022 · This is all a scheme by Catherine’s uncle, Pope Clement (Charles Dance), with whom she has an interesting relationship. Clement reminds his niece constantly that she isn’t …