Marie de Médicis Biography

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NAME: Marie de Médicis
OCCUPATION: King/Queen
BIRTH DATE: April 26, 1575
DEATH DATE: July 04, 1642
PLACE OF BIRTH: Florence, Italy

PLACE OF DEATH: Cologne, Germany

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Marie de Medici is best known for time spent as Queen consort of Henry IV of France.

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Synopsis

Marie de Medici was born April 26, 1575 in Florence, Italy. The daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who was married to Henry IV of France and gave birth to Louis XIII in 1601. She would be banished following the death of her husband and the rise of her son and his adviser Richelieu.

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Queen consort of Henry IV of France, born in Florence, Italy, the daughter of Francesco de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. She married Henry in 1600, following his divorce from his first wife Margaret, and gave birth to a son (later Louis XIII) in 1601. After her husband's death (1610) she acted as regent, but her capricious behaviour and dependence on favourites led to her confinement in Blois when Louis assumed royal power in 1617. She continued to intrigue against Louis and her former protégé, Richelieu, who had become the king's adviser. She was banished to Compigne, but escaped to Brussels (1631). Her last years were spent in poverty.