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Definition of Catherine de Medicis
1. Noun. Queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catherine De Medicis
Literary usage of Catherine de Medicis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1883)
"... their combined forces were beleaguering the capital, in which the king and
Catherine de Medicis, his mother, were then held prisoners. ..."
2. Crichton by William Harrison Ainsworth, Hablot Knight Browne (1895)
"... and the ball recommenced* with more spirit than before. CHAPTER IV. CATHERINE DE
MEDICIS. Voilà pourquoi j'ai par quelque temps fait conscience ..."
3. The New Century Speaker for School and College: A Collection of Extracts by Henry Allyn Frink (1898)
"THE character of Catherine de Medicis is a study. Remorseless without cruelty
and sensual .without passion — a diplomatist without principle and a dreamer ..."
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