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Catherine de' Medici

16th-century Italian noblewoman and queen consort of France

1519 - 1589

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Her biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2024). Catherine de' Medici is the 10th most popular companion (up from 11th in 2024), the 76th most popular biography from Italy (up from 80th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Companion.

Catherine de' Medici was a powerful Italian noblewoman who became queen consort of France in 1547 by marrying King Henry II. She was the mother of three kings of France, including Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Catherine was also the last direct descendent of Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of Florence.

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Among Companions

Among companions, Catherine de' Medici ranks 10 out of 784. Before her are Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Fatimah, Anne Boleyn, Mumtaz Mahal, Helena, and Joséphine de Beauharnais. After her are Mary of Teck, Theodora, Imelda Marcos, Eva Braun, Aspasia, and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Catherine de' Medici ranks 1. After her are Henry II of France, Pope Innocent IX, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Francis, Duke of Guise, Gaspard II de Coligny, Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, Theodore Beza, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Andrea Cesalpino. Among people deceased in 1589, Catherine de' Medici ranks 1. After her are Henry III of France, Alessandro Farnese, Christophe Plantin, Jacques Clément, Benedict the Moor, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Johannes Sturm, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Michael Baius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catherine de' Medici ranks 76 out of NaN. Before her are Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), Saint Lucy (283), and Lucretius (-94). After her are Pope Pius VIII (1761), Vespasian (9), Gioachino Rossini (1792), Domitian (51), Pope Urban VIII (1568), and Pope Pius VI (1717).

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Among Companions In Italy

Among companions born in Italy, Catherine de' Medici ranks 1. After her are Messalina (17), Livia (-58), Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892), Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772), Clara Petacci (1912), Julia (-76), Amalasuntha (495), Scribonia (-70), Julia the Elder (-39), Caterina Sforza (1463), and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685).

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