Marie de' Medici

Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France (1575-1642)

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Lived 1575–1642, aged 67France

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1575–1642
Aged 67

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SpouseHenry IV of France

FatherFrancesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

MotherJoanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

ChildLouis XIII of France

ChildElisabeth of France

ChildChristine of France

ChildGaston, Duke of Orléans

ChildHenrietta Maria of France

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Marie de' Medici ruled France as regent after her husband Henry IV's death, then refused to give up power when her son came of age—until a 1617 coup forced her out.

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Marie de' Medici 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.

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