Caterina de’ Medici (France)

(1519–1589)
Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de’ Medici
Queen consort of France (1547–1559)
Queen regent of France (1560–1563)

Works commissioned by her:

Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II
1559–1564
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

 

Born April 13 1519 Firenze (Italia)
Died January 5 1589 Château de Blois (France)
Husband (1533-1559) Henri II, King of France (1519-1559)
Father-in-law François I, King of France (1494-1547)