MARIE DE' MEDICI

mĕdˈĭchē, 1573–1642, queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV and daughter of Francesco de' Medici, grand duke of Tuscany. She was married to Henry in 1600. After his assassination (1610) she became regent for her son Louis XIII. She reversed the policies set by her husband; the duc de Sully was replaced by her favorite, Concini, and the carefully hoarded treasury surplus was dissipated in court extravagance and in pensions to the discontented nobles. In foreign affairs she abandoned the traditional anti-Hapsburg policy. A new Franco-Spanish alliance was formed by the marriage of Louis to Anne of Austria, daughter of King Philip III of Spain, and was further cemented by the marriage of the French princess Elizabeth to the future Philip IV of Spain. Having remained in power for three years beyond the king's majority, Marie was forced into exile after the murder of Concini (1617). In 1619 her partisans rose in revolt, but she was reconciled to her son in 1622. After the rise to power of her former favorite, Cardinal Richelieu, she attempted (1630) to regain influence by urging the king to dismiss his minister of state; instead Louis forced his mother into a new exile at Compiègne, whence she fled to the Netherlands (1631), never to return to France. She was the mother of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. The marriage of Marie and Henry IV was the subject of a celebrated series of paintings by Peter Paul Rubens.

See biographies by J. Pardoe (3 vol., 1852), A. P. Lord (1903), and L. Batiffol (1906; tr. 1908, repr. 1970).

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books on: Marie De Medici  - 546 results

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About Catherine de Medici Christ in Flanders - Vol. 33
Book by Honore de Balzac; McKinlay, Stone and MacKenzie, 1915
Subjects: Balzac, Honore de--1799-1850--About Catharine De Medici. Christ in Flanders
...more terrible though less known, of Marie de Medici. Isabella brought the English into...dOrleans, and with Boisbourdon. Marie de Medicis account is still heavier...legitimacy than by the famous race of the Medici in French commonly written and pronounced...
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The Medici
Book by G. F. Young, Bennett A. Cerf, Donald S. Klopfer; Modern Library, 1933
Subjects: Medici, House Of
...scientific men a memorial that the Medici helped to bring about the first great...France to condole with his cousin, Marie de Medici, on the sudden death of her husband...proceeding to a State function; whereupon Marie became Queen Regent of France during...
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The Medici
Book by G. F. Young; Modern Library, 1930
Subjects: Medici, House Of
...scientific men a memorial that the Medici helped to bring about the first great...France to condole with his cousin, Marie de Medici, on the sudden death of her husband...proceeding to a State function; whereupon Marie became Queen Regent of France during...
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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
...the figures discussed at some length is the Duke of Angouleme, bastard son of Charles IX and Marie Touchet, and thus, grandson of Catherine de Medici. The irony of this person, a mere infant in the novel, is that had he been legitimate or legitimized...
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The Wars of Religion in France, 1559-1576: The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II
Book by James Westfall Thompson; University of Chicago Pess, 1909
Subjects: France--History--Wars Of The Huguenots, 1562-1598, Sainte Ligue (1576-1593)
...of Orleans, 186 . Port Ste. Marie, captured by Coligny 406...Antoine of Bourbon; Catherine de Medici; Charles IX; Francis II...95; paid by Catherine de Medici, 198 ; of Rhinegrave, 200...Spanish troops to Catherine de Medici, 494 ; warns Philip II of Huguenot...
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journal articles on: Marie De Medici  - 105 results

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Appropriating the Instruments of Worship: The 1512 Medici Restoration and the Florentine Cathedral Choirbooks *
Journal article by Marica S. Tacconi; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2003
Subjects: Book and manuscript illumination--16th century AD, Book and manuscript illumination--Criticism and interpretation, Florence, Italy--History, Illumination of books and manuscripts--16th century AD, Illumination of books and manuscripts--Criticism and interpretation, Manuscripts, Renaissance--16th century AD, Manuscripts, Renaissance--Criticism and interpretation, Medici, Giuliano de--Influence, Renaissance manuscripts--16th century AD, Renaissance manuscripts--Criticism and interpretation
...the Instruments of Worship: The 1512 Medici Restoration and the Florentine Cathedral...eighteen years in exile, Giuliano de Medici (1479-15 16), son of Lorenzo ii Magnifico...by the progressive consolidation of the Medici regime, in the spheres of civic as well...
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Competing Visions of the State and Social Welfare: The Medici Dukes, the Bigallo Magistrates, and Local Hospitals in Sixteenth-Century Tuscany
Journal article by Nicholas Terpstra; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Charity--Political aspects, Negotiation--Political aspects, Renaissance--Italy, State government--History, Tuscany, Italy--16th century
...the state and social welfare: The Medici Dukes, the Bigallo magistrates...between the magistracy and successive Medici Dukes also demonstrate how in negotiations...laws who negotiated the marriage of Marie de Medici to Frances Henri IV, accompanied...
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Medici Funerary Monuments in the Duomo of Florence during the Fourteenth Century: A Prologue to "The Early Medici"
Journal article by John T. Paoletti; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Cemeteries--History, Memorial monuments--History, Sepulchral monuments--History
Medici Funerary Monuments in the Duomo...A Prologue to "The Early Medici". by John T. Paoletti In...place, but is part of later Medici glorification of their family...seppelliri apud Ecclesiam S. Marie del Fiore in Sepulcro, seu...
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Ruben's France: Gender and Personification in the Marie de Medicis Cycle
Journal article by Sarah R. Cohen; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Art criticism, Marie de Medicis, Queen of France (1573-1642), Painting, Queens, Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640), Visual artists
...of the portrait of the Medici princess (Figs. 3...groundbreaking study of Marie de Mediciss art patronage...success as a statement of Marie de Mediciss authority...Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de Medicis to Henri IV...admiration of the young Medici princess and presumably...
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"Let Them Eat Cake": The Mythical Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
Journal article by Nancy N. Barker; The Historian, Vol. 55, 1993
Subjects: France--Revolution, 1789-1799, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France--Public opinion, Misogyny--History
...them eat cake": the mythical Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution...recognizable as a human being. The Marie Antoinette in the Revolutionary...skillful poisoner; Catherine de Medici of Saint Bartholomew massacre...with the lid of her trunk. Marie Antoinette sin-passed them...
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An Agenda for Black America: From Wealth to Diversity, Our Editors Offer an Action Plan
Magazine article by Alan Hughes, Nicole Marie Richardson, Kenneth Meeks, Sonia Alleyne, Tanisha A. Sykes, James C. Johnson, Matthew S. Scott; Black Enterprise, Vol. 36, August 2005
Subjects: African American business enterprises--Economic aspects, African American consumers--Economic aspects, African Americans--Economic aspects, African Americans--Educational aspects, African Americans--Social aspects
...an Action Plan. by Alan Hughes , Nicole Marie Richardson , Kenneth Meeks , Sonia Alleyne...world. That person can be you. --Nicole Marie Richardson BRIDGING THE EDUCATION DIVIDE...Frans Johansson writes in his book The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection...
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One Man's Meat
Magazine article by Marie-Elisabeth Tellenbach; Musical Times, Vol. 141, Spring 2000
One Mans Meat by Marie-Elisabeth Tellenbach MAYNARD SOLOMONS...III was the successor to Clemens VIII, a Medici well disposed toward his Florentine countryman...knowledge of Schuberts psyche and biography Marie-Elisabeth Tellenbach is the author of...
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Orazio and Artemisia : Father and Daughter Artists of the Baroque
Magazine article by Andrew Ferren; World and I, Vol. 17, March 2002
Subjects: Artists, Italian--Works, Gentileschi, Artemisia--Works, Gentileschi, Orazio--Works, Italian artists--Works, Italian painting--17th century AD, Painting, Italian--17th century AD
...1600s and ending at the courts of Marie de Medici in France and Charles I in England...painting. Another work was sent to Marie de Medici, who invited Orazio to Paris...stupendous cycle of the life of Marie de Medici, and in London it was again...
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Father & Daughter at the Met
Magazine article by Karen Wilkin; New Criterion, Vol. 20, April 2002
Subjects: Gentileschi, Artemisia--Exhibitions, Gentileschi, Orazio--Exhibitions, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York--Exhibitions, Painters--Exhibitions
...with, gaining the support of the Medici as patrons and becoming the first...became part of the circle of the Medici court poet and a close friend of...he was invited to the court of Marie de Medici, in Paris, to work on decorations...
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Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart: The Perils of Marriage
Magazine article by Linda Porter; History Today, Vol. 59, February 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart the Perils of Marriage (Book)--Book reviews
...John Brownjohn. Muhlstein is a former winner of the Prix Goncourt, and has written biographies of Catherine de Medici, Marie de Medici and Anne of Austria. So she is no stranger to tackling the subject of women rulers. Her interest in this book...
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Big Medici Ne Rip-Off; Mirror Investigates Healthy Competition?
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 26, 2011
Big Medici Ne Rip-Off; Mirror Investigates Healthy Competition? Byline: MARIE KIERANS AN increasing number of cashstrapped consumers are ignoring medical warnings to buy prescription drugs online to save money...
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An Immovable Feast; Tuscany's Many Riches Nourish Both Mind and Body
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 24, 2003
...Florentines point out that it was Marie de Medici who brought the Guelph emblem of...public buildings, whether they be Medici palazzi, churches or villas, and...built for the Grand Duke Cosimo I de Medici as an administrative building and...
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One Queen, Two Lovers and Three Musketeers
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 13, 2010
...ruled by the gross and spiteful Marie de Medici, widow of the recently assassinated...in the stained sheets waved by Marie to show the marriage had been...codpieces. Louis wrung his hands; Marie de Medici and Cardinal Richelieu, who were...
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One Queen, Two Lovers and Three Musketeers
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 13, 2010
...ruled by the gross and spiteful Marie de Medici, widow of the recently assassinated...in the stained sheets waved by Marie to show the marriage had been...codpieces. Louis wrung his hands; Marie de Medici and Cardinal Richelieu, who were...
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Thirsk
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 24, 2009
...30 - MORNING DRESS 2.00 - LIGHT SLEEPER 2.30 - MARIE DE MEDICI 3.05 - SHARED MOMENT 3.40 - KIND HEART 4.15...30 - MORNING DRESS 2.00 - LIGHT SLEEPER 2.30 - MARIE DE MEDICI 3.05 - WHY NEE AMY 3.40 - KIND HEART 4.15 - RAFTA...
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encyclopedia articles on: Marie De Medici  - 24 results

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Marie De' Medici
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARIE DE MEDICI med iche, 1573 1642, queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV and...Spain. Having remained in power for three years beyond the kings majority, Marie was forced into exile after the murder of Concini (1617). In 1619 her...
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Medici, Marie De'
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEDICI, MARIE DE see Marie de Medici . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Medici , Italian Family
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Leo XI), two queens of France ( Catherine de Medici and Marie de Medici ), and several cardinals of the Roman Catholic...Tuscany Cosimo I, Francesco (whose daughter was Marie de Medici), Ferdinand I, Cosimo II, Ferdinand II, Cosimo...
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Medici, Francesco De'
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1574 87); son and successor of Cosimo I de Medici. In his reign the decline of the Medici family began. He allowed the Austrian and...Capello. His daughter by the first marriage was Marie de Medici, queen of Henry IV of France. Francesco was...
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Richelieu, Armand Jean Du Plessis, Duc De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...through the favor of the kings mother, Marie de Medici , he became a secretary of state. He went into exile with Marie after the king freed himself from...reconciliation of Louis XIII and Marie restored Richelieu to favor. In...
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