Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589) ûThe Queen of France. She brought medieval Paris a fresh wind of Renaissance from sunny Florence; she patronized artists and astrologers; she gave birth to ten children for the French Crown. But thanks to various historical novels, Catherine de’ Medici, the Queen of France, is known as an insidious poisoner who, with ease, removed everybody who happened to be on her way to the power.

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