# Catherine de' Medici

> Queen, mother of three kings, and the power behind a crumbling throne. Catherine de' Medici spent thirty years keeping the French monarchy alive through civil war, religious massacre, and noble plots to replace her sons with a rival dynasty.

*Queen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/catherine-de-medici

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1519-04-13
- **Died:** 1589-01-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Born in Florence in 1519 to the Medici family, Catherine married the French king's second son at fourteen in a match arranged by her cousin, Pope Clement VII. Her husband Henry II kept her from power for years, favoring his mistress Diane de Poitiers, until his accidental death in 1559 forced Catherine into the political arena as mother to the frail fifteen-year-old Francis II. When Francis died the next year, she became regent for ten-year-old Charles IX and gained sweeping powers she would wield through the reigns of all three sons. She faced constant religious war between Catholics and Huguenots, a powerful Guise faction scheming to install its own dynasty, and a throne losing prestige with each crisis. At first she compromised with the Huguenots, then turned to hardline persecution — including the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572 that killed thousands and stained her legacy. Her letters show ruthlessness; her results show desperation. Without her, the House of Valois likely falls.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 67.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 30.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 2.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #120

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0022134/ (@ch0022134)

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Other, #France, #Europe, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131552)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de'_Medici)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Catherine%20de'%20Medici)
- [كاترين دى ميديشى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%89)
- [Catalina de Médici](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_de_M%C3%A9dici)
- [کاترین مدیچی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)
- [Yekaterina Mediçi](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterina_Medi%C3%A7i)
- [Catherine de' Medici](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de'_Medici)
- [Кацярына Мэдычы](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%87%D1%8B)
- [Кацярына Медычы](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%87%D1%8B)
- [Катерина де Медичи](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8)
- [Caterina de' Medici](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_de'_Medici)
- [Katarina Medici](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Medici)
- [Екатерина Медичи](https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8)
- [Caterina de Mèdici](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_de_M%C3%A8dici)
- [کاترین دێ مێدیچی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8E_%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)
- [Kateřina Medicejská](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%C5%99ina_Medicejsk%C3%A1)
- [Екатерина Медичи](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8)
- [Catrin de Medici](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catrin_de_Medici)
- [Katarina af Medici](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_af_Medici)
- [Caterina de’ Medici](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_de%E2%80%99_Medici)
- [Αικατερίνη των Μεδίκων](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%BD)
- [Katerino de Mediĉo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerino_de_Medi%C4%89o)
- [Catalina de Médici](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_de_M%C3%A9dici)
- [Caterina de' Medici](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_de'_Medici)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Caterina_de_M%C3%A8dici)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catalina_de_M%C3%A9dici)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Caterina_de'_Medici)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Katarzyna_Medycejska)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%87%D1%96)

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