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Marie de' Medici

1575 - 1642

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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 of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as regent legally expired in 1614, when her son reached the age of majority, but she refused to resign and continued as regent until she was removed by a coup in 1617. Marie was a member of the powerful House of Medici in the branch of the grand dukes of Tuscany. Her family's wealth inspired Henry IV to choose Marie as his second wife after his divorce from his previous wife, Margaret of Valois. The assassination of her husband in 1610, which occurred the day after her coronation, caused her to act as regent for her son, Louis XIII, until 1614, when he officially attained his legal majority, but as the head of the Conseil du Roi, she retained the power. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie de' Medici is the 24th most popular nobleman (up from 38th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Italy (up from 258th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Nobleman.

Marie de' Medici was the Queen of France and the mother of three kings. She is most famous for being the last Queen of France.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Marie de' Medici ranks 24 out of 1,415. Before her are Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Harold Harefoot, Empress Matilda, Lucrezia Borgia, and Anne, Princess Royal. After her are William the Conqueror, Naruhito, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Alexandra Feodorovna, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and John of Gaunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1575, Marie de' Medici ranks 1. After her are Guido Reni, Jakob Böhme, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Concino Concini, Christoph Scheiner, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine de Montchrestien, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Vittoria Aleotti, and Francesco Molin. Among people deceased in 1642, Marie de' Medici ranks 3. Before her are Galileo Galilei, and Cardinal Richelieu. After her are Guido Reni, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Safi of Persia, Dmitry Pozharsky, Pieter van Laer, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Friedrich Kettler, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Frans Francken the Younger.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marie de' Medici ranks 130 out of 5,161. Before her are Masaccio (1401), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), Giorgio Vasari (1511), and Pope Innocent VIII (1432). After her are Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Julius III (1487), Tintoretto (1518), Livy (-59), and Pope Gregory VII (1020).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Marie de' Medici ranks 3. Before her are Juan Carlos I of Spain (1938), and Lucrezia Borgia (1480). After her are Ludovico Sforza (1452), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Joanna I of Naples (1326), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Piero the Unfortunate (1472), Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), and Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360).

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