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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 member of the powerful House of Medici in the branch of the grand dukes of Tuscany. The wealth of her family caused Marie to be chosen by Henry IV to become his second wife after his divorce from his previous wife, Margaret of Valois. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie de' Medici has received more than 2,192,316 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Marie de' Medici is the 38th most popular nobleman (down from 34th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Italy (down from 215th in 2019) and the 4th 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 38 out of 1,415Before her are Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Ramesses I, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Charles the Bold, Queen Sofía of Spain, and Margaret of Valois. After her are Edward VII, El Cid, Otto von Habsburg, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and Pope Leo IX.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marie de' Medici ranks 258 out of 5,161Before her are Pope John XIX (975), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Padre Pio (1887), Pope Adrian I (700), Pope Clement XI (1649), and Pope Gregory X (1210). After her are Lucius Verus (130), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Pope Lucius II (1100), Pope Adeodatus I (570), Pope Celestine V (1215), and Giuseppe Meazza (1910).

Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Marie de' Medici ranks 4Before her are Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Juan Carlos I of Spain (1938), and Ludovico Sforza (1452). After her are Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Piero the Unfortunate (1472), Gaius Caesar (-20), and Joanna I of Naples (1326).