CATHERINE OF VALOIS

vălˈwä, Fr. välwäˈ, 1401–37, queen consort of Henry V of England, daughter of Charles VI of France. Married in 1420, she bore Henry the son who was to become Henry VI. Some years after Henry V's death (1422), Catherine married the Welshman Owen Tudor; from them the Tudor kings of England were descended.

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books on: Catherine of Valois  - 339 results

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Biography of a Family: Catherine de Medici and Her Children
Book by Milton Waldman; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936
Subjects: Catherine De Maedicis--Queen, Consort Of Henry Ii, King Of France--1519-1589, Valois, House Of
...47 ; refusal of, to meet Catherine, 60 ; Catherines attempt to control, 64 -68; belief of Catherine that Elizabeth was poisoned...of, go; letter to, from Catherine, 136 -37 Philip of Valois, 22 Pibrac, 161 , 164...
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From Valois to Bourbon: Dynasty, State and Society in Early Modern France
Book by Keith Cameron; University of Exeter Press, 1989
Subjects: France--History--16th Century, France--History--17th Century, France--History--Henry Iii, 1574-1589, France--History--Henry Iv, 1589-1610, France--History--Louis Xiv, 1643-1715, France--Politics And Government--16th Century
...They created, it seems, a kind of Valois-Bourbon axis, devoted to national...in the summer of 1576 and forced on Catherine and Henri III a peace that was politically disastrous for the last Valois King, in that it provoked a massive...
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Catherine de Medici: Five Portraits
Book by Michael G. Paulson; Peter Lang, 2002
Subjects: Catherine De Maedicis--Queen, Consort Of Henry Ii, King Of France--1519-1589--In Literature, Dumas, Alexandre--1802-1870--Henri Iii Et Sa Cour, French Fiction--19th Century--History And Criticism
...multiples intrigues de Catherine de Medicis et de ses fils, les Valois declinent. Marguerite de Valois la reine Margot a pris...first appears that the Valois have gained the ascendancy...Navarres life always with Catherine de Medici in the picture...
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Catherine de Medicis - Vol. 2
Book by Paul Van Dyke; Charles Scribners Sons, 1922
Subjects: Catherine de Medici--Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France--1519-1589
...faults." 1 The reason why Catherine now suppressed her hatred...of peace, and therefore Catherine could find no sure support...prophesied that the House of Valois would shortly be extinct. Long before, Catherine knew of another prophecy...
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The Age of Catherine de Medici and Essays in Elizabethan History
Book by J. E. Neale; Jonathan Cape, 1963
Subjects: Catherine de Medici--Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France--1519-1589, France--History--Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598, Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603
...crying So may God quench the race of Valois. It was war, not peace, that the King...knife. Thus perished the last of the Valois kings. He was thirty-eight years of...mother by only seven months. The Age of Catherine de Medici was ended. Though the future...
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journal articles on: Catherine of Valois  - 71 results

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Marguerite De Valois: "La Reine Margot."
Journal article by Sheila Ffolliott; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Marguerite de Valois: "La reine Margot" (Book)--Book reviews
Marguerite De Valois: "La Reine Margot.". by...Eliane Viennot. Marguerite de Valois: "La reine Margot." Paris...her biography of Marguerite de Valois--youngest daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici and queen consort...
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Past Presents: New Year's Gifts at the Valois Courts, Ca. 1400
Journal article by Brigitte Buettner; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Gifts, Holidays & special occasions, Middle Ages, Society
...the Evangelist, John the Baptist, and Catherine, who gives a gift, the ring sealing...the curious decision to depict Saint Catherine at such a tender age, Willibald Sauerlander...years before this piece was completed: Catherine in 1401, and Jean in 1398. And he has...
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Queen Katherine and the Secret of Lydgate's Temple of Glas
Journal article by J. Allan Mitchell; Medium Aevum, Vol. 77, 2008
Subjects: Catherine of Valois, Queen of England--Portrayals, Lydgate, John--Works, Poets--Works, Queens--Portrayals, Temple of Glas (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...earlier Queen Katherine of Valois and a missing statute of the...Also see Michael Jones, Catherine (1401-1437), in Oxford...Griffiths, Queen Katherine of Valois, pp. 257f. The queen could...Griffiths, Queen Katherine of Valois, appendix II, p. 257...
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The Mirror of Romanticism: Images of Music, Religion and Art Criticism in George Sand's Eleventh 'Lettre D'un Voyageur' to Giacomo Meyerbeer
Journal article by Catherine Dale; The Romanic Review, Vol. 87, 1996
Subjects: Musical criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romanticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sand, George--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Sands eleventh Lettre dun Voyageur to Giacomo Meyerbeer. by Catherine Dale George Sands Lettres dun voyageur consist of twelve articles...and assumes to be the Counts mistress. Queen Marguerite de Valois announces her intention to marry Raoul to Valentine, who has...
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The Battle of Bosworth Field: A Welsh Victory? Robin Evans Puts Henry Tudor's Victory into Welsh Historical Perspective
Journal article by Robin Evans; History Review, 2002
Subjects: Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485, Henry VII, King of England--Political activity, Welsh--Political activity
...Welshman. Owain Tudur had married Catherine of Valois, Henry Vs widow, and one of...Tudor. That Henrys grandmother Catherine was French was to prove useful...and he was sent with his wife Catherine of Aragon to Ludlow to rule Wales...
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magazine articles on: Catherine of Valois  - 24 results

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The Last Valois: A Tragic Story: Robert Knecht Describes the Shortcomings of Henry III, the Last Valois King, and the Circumstances That Led Him to Become the First-But Not the Last-French Monarch to Die at the Hands of One of His Subjects
Magazine article by Robert Knecht; History Today, Vol. 58, August 2008
Subjects: Assassination--Social aspects, French history, 1328-1589 (Valois dynasty), Henry III, King of France--Evaluation, Henry III, King of France--Social aspects, Kings and rulers--Evaluation, Kings and rulers--Social aspects, Kings--Evaluation, Kings--Social aspects
...bringing to an end the Valois dynasty that had occupied...There is no more Henry of Valois in France! But why and...fourth son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici. Born at Fontainebleau...regent under Charles IX, Catherine had tried to heal the...intellectually gifted of the later Valois kings. His former tutor...
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Catherine De Medici: A Biography
Magazine article by Glenn Richardson; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Catherine de Medici (Book)--Book reviews
...declared aim is to present Catherine de Medici, (who loses the...1572 are vividly described. Catherine is implicated in the decision...with it the extinction of Valois dynast), which she had ever...new ground. The idea that Catherine was motivated primarily by...
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Attitudes
Magazine article by Clive Barnes; Dance Magazine, Vol. 77, July 2003
Subjects: Ballet--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ballets, Choreography--Criticism, interpretation, etc., De Valois, Ninette, Makarova, Natalia--Works, Royal Ballet (London, England)--History, Royal Ballet (London, England)--Performances, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Company--History, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Company--Performances, Sergeyev, Nicholas--Works, Sleeping Beauty (Ballet)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sleeping Beauty (Ballet)--History, Sleeping Beauty (Ballet)--Performances, The Sleeping Princess (Ballet)--Performances
...Attitudes. by Clive Barnes When Ninette de Valois, the formidable founder of Britains Royal...She needed a classic repertoire. De Valois had been with the Diaghilev company...States. Admittedly, as early as 1937 Catherine Littlefield had staged a version of The...
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The White Queen?
Magazine article by Allen Brooke; New Criterion, Vol. 23, February 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France (Book)--Book reviews
...portent of 1789. Catherine, the instigator...specifically the Valois dynasty. Charles...any member of the Valois tribe since Francois...fireplace at Blois. Catherine, it should be noted...contrary, that Catherine endangered the monarchy...and certainly the Valois line--first by...
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Extreme Sports
Magazine article by Caroline Murphy; New Statesman, Vol. 133, March 1, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Catherine de Medici: A Biography (Book)--Book reviews
...Sports. by Caroline Murphy Catherine de Medici: a biography Leonie...the ladies at court--whom Catherine loved best; after he came...made up his entourage. When Catherine died in January 1589, aged...production of an heir to the Valois. But at least her death spared...
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newspaper articles on: Catherine of Valois  - 13 results

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The Five Queen Catherines Who Came Before
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 17, 2010
Subjects: Parr, Catherine
...have been five Queen Catherines in history: CATHERINE OF VALOIS The wife of henry V, she reigned for only two...the beguiling Nell Gwyn. Catherine of Braganza Catherine of Valois Catherine of aragon Catherine Howard Catherine Parr
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The Five Queen Catherines Who Came Before
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 17, 2010
Subjects: Parr, Catherine
...been five Queen Catherines in englands history: CATHERINE OF VALOIS The wife of henry V, she reigned for only two...mistresses including the beguiling Nell Gwyn. Catherine of Valois Catherine of aragon Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Catherine...
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The Five Queen Catherines Who Came Before
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 17, 2010
...been five Queen Catherines in englands history: CATHERINE OF VALOIS The wife of henry V, she reigned for only two...mistresses including the beguiling Nell Gwyn. Catherine of Valois Catherine of aragon Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Catherine...
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The Five Queen Catherines Who Came Before
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 17, 2010
...been five Queen Catherines in englands history: CATHERINE OF VALOIS The wife of henry V, she reigned for only two...mistresses including the beguiling Nell Gwyn. Catherine of Valois Catherine of aragon Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Catherine...
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Let's Hope History Will Not Repeat Itself, Kate
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 25, 2010
Subjects: Middleton, Kate
...check that Queen Katherine or Catherine was not a disaster waiting to...II. The earliest of these - Catherine de Valois - was probably the happiest marriage...these as a model, it would be Catherine of Braganza, the wife of Charles...
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encyclopedia articles on: Catherine of Valois  - 9 results

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Catherine of Valois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CATHERINE OF VALOIS val wa, Fr. valwa , 1401 37, queen consort of Henry V of England...was to become Henry VI. Some years after Henry Vs death (1422), Catherine married the Welshman Owen Tudor ; from them the Tudor kings of England...
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Margaret of Valois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARGARET OF VALOIS valwa , 1553 1615, queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and of Catherine de Medici. She was known as Queen Margot. Her wedding (1572) with Henry, Protestant king of Navarre (later Henry IV of...
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Tudor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a Welsh family of great antiquity, who was a squire at the court of Henry V and who married that kings widow, Catherine of Valois. Their eldest son, Edmund, was created (1453) earl of Richmond, married Margaret Beaufort (a descendant of...
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Tudor, Owen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ancient Welsh family. He was a squire at the court of Henry V, and, probably in 1429, he married Henrys widow, Catherine of Valois , by whom he had five children. Twice imprisoned by Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , during Henry VIs minority...
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Henry V , King of England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Normandy was in English hands. In 1420, Henry concluded the Treaty of Troyes , by which he agreed to marry Catherine of Valois and to rule France in the name of her father, Charles VI, who accepted Henry as his successor. The English king...
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