The French queen Catherine de' Medici was patron for building projects including the Valois chapel at the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the Tuileries Palace...
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Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...
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distantly related to Catherine de' Medici's court productions. An inventory drawn up at the Hôtel de la Reine after Catherine de' Medici's death shows that...
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Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife...
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his grandfather's building projects and constantly stressed by mismanagement, wars, and political expenses, the assets of the Medici Bank were reduced...
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After securing Alessandro de' Medici's dukedom, Pope Clement VII married off his first cousin, twice removed, Catherine de' Medici, to the son of Emperor...
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Lorenzino de' Medici's assassination was ordered by the Emperor Charles V Habsburg". PRLog. Hibbert, Christopher (1999). The House of Medici, Its Rise...
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the Chateau. Roofs of the towers of the Château de Bonnemare. Catherine de' Medici's building projects Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption...
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He almost completely renewed the interior and removed several of Catherine de' Medici's additions, including the rooms between the library and the chapel...
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painter; grandson of Jacques II Catherine de' Medici's building projects Baldus, Eduoard (n. d. [c. 1880]). Oeuvre de Jacques Androuet dit du Cerceau...
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arches (1576–1577). For Catherine de Médicis he built the Hôtel de Soissons, (1572–84; demolished in 1748), of which only the Medici's column remains. His...
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Pope Clement VII (redirect from Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici)
Giulio de' Medici's life began under tragic circumstances. On 26 April 1478—exactly one month before his birth—his father, Giuliano de Medici (brother...
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marble sculptures of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici in coronation robes Catherine de' Medici's building projects French art Connat & Colombier 1951;...
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transferred to Christina after the death of Queen Catherine de' Medici of France and thus assumed by future Medici rulers. Ferdinando's foreign policy attempted...
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confidant of the Queen Regent of France, Catherine de Medici. She served as dame d'atour to Queen Catherine (1544-1552), Governess to the Children of...
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Opts for Security represents Marie de' Medici's need for security through a depiction of the event when Marie de' Medici was forced to sign a truce in Angers...
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Carracks black sword - Catherine de' Medici's building projects - Catherine de' Medici's court festivals - Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts...
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Margaret of Valois (redirect from Margaret de Valois)
the castle of Usson, in Auvergne. D'Aubiac was executed, despite Catherine de' Medici's wish, in front of Margaret. Margaret assumed she was going to die...
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Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (redirect from Jacques Androuet de Cerceau)
the Elder remains the 1887 monograph of Henry de Geymüller [de]. Catherine de' Medici's building projects Androuet du Cerceau for the family Notes Baldus...
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (redirect from Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy)
Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Queen Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre started a few days after...
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Château of Blois (redirect from Chateau de Blois)
attraction. On view for visitors are the supposed poison cabinets of Catherine de' Medici. Most likely this room, the "Chamber of Secrets", had a much more...
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vestiges remain. Henry II gave it to Catherine de' Medici in 1556, and it was her earliest building project. The building consisted of a central pavilion housing...
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entire garden. Le Nôtre was the grandson of Pierre Le Nôtre, one of Catherine de' Medici's gardeners, and his father Jean had also been a gardener at the Tuileries...
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1559 initiated a prolonged struggle for power between his widow Catherine de' Medici and powerful nobles. These included a fervently Catholic faction...
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Michelangelo (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Lorenzo de' Medici's death on 8 April 1492 brought a reversal of Michelangelo's circumstances. Michelangelo left the security of the Medici court and...
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(grand house) on the site for Catherine de' Medici (1519–89). A tower with an encaged observation platform, now called the Medici column, was built beside...
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(Cardinal d'Este and Archbishop of Lyon) bought a building on the Chaillot Hill. In 1583, Queen Catherine de Médicis bought this mansion or hermitage and the part...
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terrace, was ordered in 1556 by Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici and was built by Philibert de l'Orme. Called in its day la maison du théâtre (the...
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ending the Lorraine government. Catherine de' Medici, the young king's mother, moved to the centre of the political stage as de facto regent for her second...
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practical approaches, then a second phase covering the period of Lorenzo de' Medici's reign, from 1450 to 1492, was characterised by mainly intellectual contributions...
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