To celebrate the 500th birthday of the formidable Catherine de’ Medici, we will be posting seven articles over the next seven days about her. This is the seventh and last one, and it will focus on Catherine as patron of the arts and follower of the occult. Read part six here. Though she married into [read more]
To celebrate the 500th birthday of the formidable Catherine de’ Medici, we will be posting seven articles over the next seven days about her. This is the fifth, and it will focus on the relationships with her three surviving sons – who all became King of France. Read part four here. When Catherine was married [read more]
To celebrate the 500th birthday of the formidable Catherine de’ Medici, we will be posting seven articles over the next seven days about her. This is the third, and it will focus on the rivalry with her husband’s mistress Diane de Poitiers. Read part two here. Catherine de’ Medici, the niece of Pope Clement VII, [read more]
Marguerite Louise of Orléans was born in July 1645 to Gaston, Duke of Orléans and his second wife Marguerite of Lorraine. Her father was the brother of King Louis XIII of France, making Marguerite the granddaughter, niece and cousin of three French kings. Marguerite’s older half-sister was La Grande Mademoiselle; a high ranking heiress at [read more]
Copyright © 2025 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes