Caterina de' Medici (* 13 April 1519; † 5 January 1589) was the only child of Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici and Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne. Her mother was related to the Bourbons (Caterina’s maternal great-grandfather Jean de Bourbon was also the great-great-grandfather of her later son-in-law Henri de…
Catherine de Clèves, Duchess of Guise (* 1548, † 11 May 1633) was a direct cousin of Henri de Navarre on her mother’s side. Her first husband Antoine de Croÿ, Prince of Porcien, forced her, who was after all a godchild of Caterina de' Medici, to convert to Calvinism. After…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Charles de Lorraine-Guise, Duke of Mayenne (* 26 March 1554, † 4 October 1611) was a younger brother of the Duke of Guise. He was not in Paris during the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre. He accompanied Anjou to Poland and after his return fought successfully against the Huguenots. Mayenne sent…
Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (* 20 August 1571 , † 30 September 1640) was the eldest son of Henri de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Catherine de Clèves. After the murder of his father, he was imprisoned in the Château de Tours, but managed to escape in 1591….
Charles IX (* 27 June 1550; † 30 May 1574) was the fifth child and third son of Henri II and Caterina de' Medici. In 1560, his eldest brother François II died (Louis, his other older brother, had already died in 1550.) Under François II, the Guise family had influenced…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
