Laura du Pre

Henri III and the case of the missing acting troupe

Few people loved a party as much as Henri II of France. Of course, there wasn’t as much money to pay for lavish celebrations as there was during Francis I’s…

Isabelle de Limeuil, a cautionary tale for a royal mistress

In the heyday of the Flying Squadron, Catherine de Medici dispatched two beguiling young women to spy on tow Bourbon brothers, the Prince de Conde and the King of Navarre.…

Examining the strange marriage of Marie de Medici

Marie de Medici might not receive the same amount of attention as her cousin Catherine from historians, but she deserves her own turn in the spotlight. I wish that modern…

1600s, Medici, Renaissance

History Hit Network looks at Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I of England

January 18, 2022 /

As I’m still on vacation (Aloha!), History Hit Network takes a look at Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I of England, whose influences overlapped for a time during the Sixteenth Century.

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1600s, Medici

Weird History takes a look at the s**t show that was Marie de Medici’s regency

January 11, 2022 /

Marie de Medici may have assumed that her life was about to improve after her husband suddenly died. Unfortunately for her, becoming Regent of France was a disaster for her. Weird History takes a 13 minute amusing and informative look at Marie’s Regency.

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